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Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline, with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection

Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline, with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection

by of Vermont John Reynolds

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Author
Reynolds, John, of Vermont
Credits
Produced by David Edwards, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
Language
English
LoC Class
HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare
Subject
Vermont State Prison
Category
Text
eBook-No.
39370
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39370
Release Date
April 4, 2012
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.RECOLLECTIONS OF WINDSOR PRISON;
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.GEHENNA IN MINIATURE. ORIGIN OF PRISONS. — ORIGIN AND DESIGN OF PENITENTIARIES, WITH A VIEW OF THEIR IMPERFECTIONS.
  4. 4.ORIGIN, CONSTRUCTION, GOVERNMENT, AND GENERAL HISTORY OF WINDSOR PRISON.
  5. 5.SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.
  6. 6.GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE OFFICERS.
  7. 7.GENERAL CHARACTER AND HABITS OF THE PRISONERS.
  8. 8.CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. — SAMUEL E. GODFREY. — ROWLEY. — COLLIER. — PERRY. — ROBBINS. — P. FANE. — A YOUTH. — DEAN. — CHAMBERLAIN. — MRS. BURNHAM.
  9. 9.TREATMENT OF THE SICK, AND BURIAL OF THE DEAD. — ELLIS. — A—— W——. — M—— C——. — BENTON. — SANDFORD. — A BLACKSMITH. — LEVITT. — BURNHAM. — PLUMLEY. — L. NOBLE. — QUARKENBUSH. — CORLISS. — SAVERY.
  10. 10.OPPOSITION OF THE KEEPERS TO HAVING PREACHING IN THE PRISON.
  11. 11.RELIGIOUS OPINIONS OF THE PRISONERS.
  12. 12.ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE, AND SUICIDES.
  13. 13.PRISONERS' CORRESPONDENCE WITH THEIR FRIENDS.
  14. 14.COURTSHIP IN PRISON.
  15. 15.MR. STRICKLIN.
  16. 16.OVERWORK.
  17. 17.PARDONS.
  18. 18.CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE PRISONERS WHEN RELEASED.
  19. 19.GOD'S VIOLATED RULE OF TREATING PENITENT CRIMINALS. AN ESSAY.
  20. 20.THE CONNEXION BETWEEN INTEMPERANCE AND CRIME, AS VISIBLE IN PRISON.
  21. 21.INFLUENCE OF "FREE MASONRY" ON THE REGULATIONS OF PRISONS, AND THE DECISION OF COURTS.
  22. 22.THE PRISON DISCIPLINE SOCIETY.
  23. 23.DESIGN OF PENITENTIARIES IN RESPECT TO THE TREATMENT OF CONVICTS, ACCORDING TO THE VIEWS OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE CONNECTICUT STATE PRISON, WITH REMARKS.
  24. 24.THE MEANS OF EFFECTING A REFORMATION AMONG PRISONERS.
  25. 25.REV. JOHN ROBBINS' VISIT TO WINDSOR PRISON.
  26. 26.The Author's Farewell to Liberty and his Friends.
  27. 27.DESCRIPTION OF HEAVEN BY AN INHABITANT OF A DUNGEON.
  28. 28.AN APPEAL TO CHRISTIANS IN BEHALF OF STATE PRISONERS.
  29. 29.CONCLUSION.
  30. 30.Notes

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