Appendix to the state of the prisons in England and Wales, &c. ... : Containing a farther account of foreign prisons and hospitals, with additional remarks on the prisons of this country / By John Howard.

  • Howard, John, 1726-1790.
Date:
1780
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Credit: Appendix to the state of the prisons in England and Wales, &c. ... : Containing a farther account of foreign prisons and hospitals, with additional remarks on the prisons of this country / By John Howard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    father in conveying provifions to thofe prifoners. With the regents' Amsterdam Rasp- leave, on Sunday mornings, fome chapters of the Bible are read to house. them.* The Spin-houfe is for women. This, and the Work-houfe, are Spin- under the diredion of fix regents and four governeffes : who appoint o^^e. two fathers and two mothers to fuperintend and infped the work, the diet, t and the lodging of the prifoners; and to chaftife the dif- obedient. * There are many of thefe rooms, or houfes of confinement in Holland called Verbeterhuizen. The regulations of fome of them I coUedled ; but as they are liable to abufe, and contrary to the general notions of public juftkcy I cannot but wilh that they were univerfally fupprelTed. f The diet of the prifoners Is as follows. Sunday Dinner. Cut-cabbage with meat. Supper. Butter milk. Monday Dinner. White beans. Supper. Sweet milk with barley. Tuesday Dinner. Beans. Supper. Butter milk. Wednesday Dinner. Gray peafe. Supper. Butter milk. Thursday Dinner. Barley. Supper. Bread and beer. Friday Dinner. White beans. Supper. Butter milk. Saturday Dinner. Beans. Supper. Butter milk. The