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Excerpt from Penal Discipline: Three Letters Suggested by the Interest Taken in the Recent Inquiry in Birmingham, and Published in "the Daily News," 23rd, 24th, and 26th September
The Governor, a colonel in the army, has established military discipline, and the prisoners are divided into com panies. The officers stand as stiff when 'you pass as soldiers presenting arms. The serjeants and in erior Officers are all convicts, who, of course, are acquainted with the temper and disposition of their companions, and best able to manage them; and the prospect of advancement to higher grades is an inducement to all to behave well. When a convict enters, he is asked what trade or employment he will work at or learn, and above forty are open to him, so that he has the means of devoting his time to any he knows, or, if ignorant of all, to one he feels an inclination for, or which he is aware will be useful to him when he is liberated. Many a man may wish to return to his native village with what he has earned here, and he knows best what trade or employment will there not only be of advantage, but even a fortune to him. If he declines to work at'any, he is sent to the public works, or employed in carrying wood; but the out-door con victs are by far the worst conducted in the establishment, and are therefore kept distinct from the others, who, by their selecting a trade, have shown a disposition to be industrious and im rove themselves.
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