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Report of Joint Committee on State Prisons, regarding the prison's condition and affairs following an investigation of same. Evidence includes the testimony from previous directors, architects and builders; cost of the prison under previous board of directors, costs of items, and other financial information. The committee report includes information on heavy expenditures (including for a sub-standard wall), debts, deeds for land, and the leasing system for the prison. The report is signed by Senate Committee members: Jno. B. McGree, Chairman, S. Bynum, and Chas. Westmorland; and House Committee members: E.J. Curtis, Chairman, Joseph Winston, George Peck, Benj. G. Weir, James George, and George H. Rhodes

Henry Mayhew (1812–87), social reformer and journalist, is well known for his classic work of research on the London poor (also reissued in this series) and as one of the co-founders of Punch magazine in 1841. While working as the metropolitan correspondent for the London Morning Chronicle, Mayhew initiated several investigations into London's poor and the state of the city's prisons. Sourcing his information from guards and from prisoners themselves, Mayhew's monumental study of London criminal life (co-written with John Binny and published in 1862) includes analyses of crime areas, crime classifications and the state of the different prisons connected to them, observations on juvenile delinquents, and methods of discipline and control of prisoners. The book also provides detailed police and criminal statistics. His survey ultimately concluded that all of London's prisons were lacking in basic human necessities and were greatly in need of reform

"Traduit par M. Paul de St. Vincens", pseud. of Wincenty Budzyúski. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Académie des Sciences morales et politiques ; Aus: Revue de législation et de jurisprudence, T. 11, avr. 1839 ; Volltext // Exemplar mit der Signatur: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- Crim. 411 r

Parole document for Jno. F. Walker, a prisoner of war, issued on May 14, 1962 at Camp Chase, Ohio. ; Camp Chase was a military staging and training camp during the Civil War. It also had a prison camp for Confederate soldiers. The camp was located in Columbus, Ohio.

"Transmitted to the Legislature ." ; 27th, 1871, is erroneously dated on. t.-p. 1872. ; 26th, 1870, appendix: Transactions of the National Congress on Penitentiary and Reformatory Discipline, [Cincinnati, 1870] Includes "Catalogue of works on criminal law, penology and prison discipline." p. 588-622. ; 25th, 1869, appendix: Extracts from letters relating to a proposed international penitentiary and reformatory congress. p. [501]-514. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Description based on: 1st-7th, 1848-1854. ; Statement of responsibility varies: no [23?] - : Pennsylvania. Board of Inspectors of the Philadelphia County Prison. Annual report . .; cf. RLIN (ILNLAEG8573S) ; Imprint varies: no. 2 (1849)- : Philadelphia, Crissy & Markley, printers . ; Mode of access: Internet.