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Miss Dix most earnestly pleads Inc cause a th4
Insane in prisons much which has lately been
done to ameliorate their condition is Justly attrib.


table % her excrtios and the effects OF her repre-
[sentation much more remains 10 be done before


the claims Of humanity towards this afflicted class of
beings win be satisfied.


The moral, religious, and general instruction i,
PRISONS Is eloquently urged. The following extract
relates to the Rhode Island State Prison, al Proyl
dence:


~ ne hour last entered this prison found all the con


save oe diligently employed their tables In reading,
spsms, wnthg and arithmetic. never saw better or
uo.e' oF more sudous class Of pupils No person.
~. could have imagined these 70 be State coIvcs
- ne 70 be tho ssorkng-room Of State peten


may remark hero that in the event Of insubodins-


on ana VICIOUS obsnacy coporea punishment sanctioned
BY the and pivaon Of food and water is the
atty for ~ilfu ransgresso But though severe m
sanctioned they seldom rcsorted To- The most feul
subjects to hold In control recomite convict from sr
State prisons. heard religious service here
for the class for whose benefit il held by
who voluntarily gives part Of Sunday 70 this Office 4 10
prison"


The following remarkable table appeared H. ibe
last annual report Of the Sing Sing prison, whore
the sscAusEs for the offences for which they arc Iris
wear committed to prison. are thus recorded: