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- GLC#
- GLC05947
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- 1827
- Author/Creator
- Prison Discipline Society
- Title
- Second annual report of the board of managers of the Prison Discipline Society Boston, June 1, 1827
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 164 p. : Height: 21.2 cm, Width: 13.5 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- The First Age of Reform
Describes theories and practices of housing criminals. Includes a financial review of the Prison Discipline Society for the year including funds collected, funds appropriated, etc. Other sections are titled, "Principle Evils," in which problems at various prisons are discussed, "Remedy for the Principle Evils," in which solutions to these problems are covered, and "View of Prisons," in which various prisons are analyzed. Includes an appendix. Printed by T. R. Marvin. Disbound.
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