Proceedings of the grand juries, magistrates, and other noblemen and gentlemen, of the county of Glocester, on designing & executing a general reform in the construction and regulation of the prisons for the said county ... / by Sir G. O. Paul.

  • Paul, George Onesiphorus, Sir, 1746-1820.
Date:
1808
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Credit: Proceedings of the grand juries, magistrates, and other noblemen and gentlemen, of the county of Glocester, on designing & executing a general reform in the construction and regulation of the prisons for the said county ... / by Sir G. O. Paul. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    or to exigence. How ufelefs they are become, the acting Magiftrates beft know. I cannot conclude this part of my fubjed with- out calling the attention of Magiftrates to the ferious ill confequcnces of their neglecting to rebuild the Houfes of Correction, as directed by the ad 22 G. in. That ad evidently owed its exigence to a necef- lity arifing from the powers of the ad 19 G. III. wherein “ convids liable to tranfportation, or re- prieved from death, are direded to be fentenced to imprifonment in Penitentiary Houfes ; and until na- tional Penitentiary Houfes fhould be ereded, their pu- nifhment was to take place in the Houfes of Correc- tion within each refpedive County, which are therein required to be made proper for solitude and labour.” The Judges proceeded to fentence convids as direded, whilft the Juftices, on their part, have neg- leded to provide the “ proper places” to receive them as alfo direded; and of courfe the ordinary wards of County Gaols became fo dangeroully crouded, that it was found necefTary immediately to pafs the ad of 22 G. III. direding Bridewells to be rebuilt on a principle anfwerable to the purpofes of the for- mer ad. In this County the whole of thefc required pre- parations flili remain negleded; yet the Judges mull d 4 continu*