State of the Prisons in England and Wales: With Preliminary Observations and an Account of Some Foreign Prisons (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The State of the Prisons in England and Wales: With Preliminary Observations and an Account of Some Foreign Prisons<br><br>IN order to redrefs this hardfhip I applied to the jufiices Of the county for a falary to the gaoler in lieu of his fees. The bench were properly affected with the grievance and willing to grant the relief defired but they wanted a pre cedent for Charging the county with the expence. I there fore rode into feveral neighbouring counties in fearch of a precedent; but I foon learned that the fame injuftice was praétifed in them; and looking into the prifons I beheld fcenes Of calamity which I grew daily more and more anxi ous to alleviate. In order therefore to gain a more perfeét knowledge of the particulars and extent of it by various and accurate Obfervation I vifited molt of the County - Gaol: in England.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.