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178 TALLIS's ILLUSTRATED LONDON ;
metal basin containing water, a three-legged stool, a small
table, a shaded gas-burner, and a hammock with mattress
and blankets. In each cell there is a bell, which, when
pulled, causes an iron tablet, inscribed with the number
of the cell, to project on the wall to direct the officer on
duty. The cells are warmed by hot air, and the ventila-
tion is accomplished by means of perforated iron plates over
the floor of the cell, which communicate with a lofty shaft.
The prisoners never see each other, either at chapel or
exercise. It is a prison where the separate system is
strictly carried out, under the control of a commission
appointed by government. Here the prisoners are subject
to a course of instruction and probation anterior to their
removal to a penal settlement. An opportunity is here
presented to them of acquiring those handicrafts which
will enable them to earn their subsistence abroad; and at
the end of eighteen months they are sent to Van Diemen's
Land. If their conduct has been good, they receive a
ticket of leave at once, which is equivalent to liberty; if
their behaviour has been indifferent they receive a pro-
bationary pass, which gives to them only a portion of their
own earnings, besides imposing some very unpleasant
restrictions; but if they misconduct themselves they are
transported to Tasman's Peninsula, there to work in gangs
without pay or liberty.
THE NEW CITY PRISON, UPPER HOLLOWAY
The works of this new House of Correction were com-
menced on the 25th of April, 1849, and the first stone
was laid on the September of the same year by Sir James
Duke, M.P. This handsome and massively-built prison
is constructed on the radiating principle, having four
wings radiating from one centre, with two other wings in
front of the former. One of these wings is intended for
the reception of juvenile offenders, and has a school-room
attached; the other is for females, and includes a work-
room or laundry. The four radiating wings constitute
the male adult prison, to which are attached large work-
metal basin containing water, a three-legged stool, a small
table, a shaded gas-burner, and a hammock with mattress
and blankets. In each cell there is a bell, which, when
pulled, causes an iron tablet, inscribed with the number
of the cell, to project on the wall to direct the officer on
duty. The cells are warmed by hot air, and the ventila-
tion is accomplished by means of perforated iron plates over
the floor of the cell, which communicate with a lofty shaft.
The prisoners never see each other, either at chapel or
exercise. It is a prison where the separate system is
strictly carried out, under the control of a commission
appointed by government. Here the prisoners are subject
to a course of instruction and probation anterior to their
removal to a penal settlement. An opportunity is here
presented to them of acquiring those handicrafts which
will enable them to earn their subsistence abroad; and at
the end of eighteen months they are sent to Van Diemen's
Land. If their conduct has been good, they receive a
ticket of leave at once, which is equivalent to liberty; if
their behaviour has been indifferent they receive a pro-
bationary pass, which gives to them only a portion of their
own earnings, besides imposing some very unpleasant
restrictions; but if they misconduct themselves they are
transported to Tasman's Peninsula, there to work in gangs
without pay or liberty.
THE NEW CITY PRISON, UPPER HOLLOWAY
The works of this new House of Correction were com-
menced on the 25th of April, 1849, and the first stone
was laid on the September of the same year by Sir James
Duke, M.P. This handsome and massively-built prison
is constructed on the radiating principle, having four
wings radiating from one centre, with two other wings in
front of the former. One of these wings is intended for
the reception of juvenile offenders, and has a school-room
attached; the other is for females, and includes a work-
room or laundry. The four radiating wings constitute
the male adult prison, to which are attached large work-