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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 31 : the prison—discipline debates in Tremont Temple .—1846 -1847 . (search)
Chapter 31: the prison—discipline debates in Tremont Temple.—1846-1847.
During the period 1825-1850 there was an earnest contention in this country on prison discipline, between the partisans of the separate or Pennsylvania system—which enforced the absolute separation of convicts from one another by day as well as at night—and those of the congregate or Auburn system, which, while requiring solitary confinement at night, allowed the convicts, under restrictions, to work side by side, and during religious exercises to sit together.
The comparative advantages of the two systems in promoting the prisoner's reformation, keeping him in good physical and mental condition, and giving him useful industrial training, were contested points.
The separate system, first tried in Pennsylvania, drew the attention of European philanthropists and publicists, and their reports after personal inspection were uniformly in its favor.
Among the visitors were Beaumont and Tocqueville in 1831, an
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 36 : first session in Congress.—welcome to Kossuth .—public lands in the West .—the Fugitive Slave Law .—1851 -1852 . (search)
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 39 : the debate on Toucey 's bill.—vindication of the antislavery enterprise.—first visit to the West .—defence of foreign-born citizens.—1854 -1855 . (search)
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 40 : outrages in Kansas .—speech on Kansas .—the Brooks assault.—1855 -1856 . (search)
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 43 : return to the Senate .—1859 -1860 . (search)
the barbarism of slavery.—Popular welcomes.—Lincoln's election.—