REVELATIONS OF PRISON LIFE; WITH AN ENQUIRY INTO PRISON DISCIPLINE AND SECONDARY PUNISHMENTS. BY GEORGE LAVAL CHESTERTON. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS GOVERNOR OF THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION, IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. Second Edition, Revised. LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1856. Christian Charity extended to Prisoners-Their Disregard to proffered Benefits-Opposition in a strange quarter- Qualities of the Magistracy An Irish Lady's Visit, and Change from Pity to Severity— The Garotte System introduced-Sanctimonious Repro- bates ... REVELATIONS OF PRISON LIFE. CHAPTER I. SYSTEMS OF PRISON DISCIPLINE-TRANSPORTATION IMPRACTICABLE—MR. CHARLES PEARSON'S PLAN. DURING the extended period of twenty years, did I maintain, with unyielding strictness, the silent system in the prison of Cold Bath Fields, and I have solemnly recorded my opinion that, thus enforced, it is calculated to effect as much good as is derivable from any penal process. During that long period of time, not one single known infringement of the rule was overlooked. So great, indeed, was my disgust and horror at the unchecked intercourse of associated criminals, that I felt no compunction in enforcing VOL. II. B |