Reports from Commissioners, Prisons; I. Home District, Vol. XX (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 Excerpt: ...Magistratas, or Courts Martial, to Solitary Confinement in the course of the Year. I. Home District. County and Borough Gaols. Essex. Colchester County House of Correction. No. 15.--Number of Prisoners sentenced by Courts of Justice to be Whipped in the course of the Year. No. 16.--Number of Punishments for Offences within the Prison in the course of the Year. 'NoTE.--Describe the kind of Soup, whether Meat or Vegetables, and quantity of Meat per Quart. 4 ounces of Meat, Peas, and Vegetables. f Allowed after 3 Calendar Months. No. 25.--Scale of Crank Labour.--The ordinary Velocity of the Cranks per Minute, 20 times.--It is only used occasionally for pumping water. I. Home District. County and Borough Gaols. Essex. Colchester Borough Gaol. COLCHESTER--Borough Gaol. There has been no change in the construction and regulation of this prison. The defects pointed out in our previous Reports continue to exist. On this inspection we found a prisoner in solitary confinement, by sentence of Court; but he was not visited daily by the chaplain or surgeon of the prison. The prisoners are not permitted to take exercise in the open air, although the debtors' yard is generally unoccupied, there not having been more than one debtor in confinement during the last year, and his imprisonment not extending beyond a few days. We recommend that the criminal prisoners be allowed to take exercise in this yard daily, viz., an hour in the morning and an hour in the afternoon, under the constant inspection of an officer, to prevent escape and maintain order. We found five boys in confinemnent who had been fully committed for trial at the next Borough Sessions for stealing apples. Two were 12, one 14, one 15, and the other 16 years of age. These boys would have to remain in the prison...