The Pennsylvania Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy (Vol. IV, No. II, April 1849) — John Shaqi
The Pennsylvania Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy (Vol. IV, No. II, April 1849)Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons
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The Pennsylvania Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy (Vol. IV, No. II, April 1849)
Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons
Charities -- Periodicals; Prisons -- Periodicals
The report furnishes a very gratifying account of the progress which
has been made in the erection of a new Refuge for Colored Juvenile
Delinquents. A front view and ground plan of the structure accompanying
our present number and the following general description of the
arrangement of the various departments, may be interesting to our
readers.
The site embraces eleven acres of ground, and is intended to afford
ample room, (at some future time,) for a new Refuge for white children.
The lot lies in the form of a parallelogram, 400 feet by 210, and is
enclosed by a wall varying in height from 20½ to 30 feet.
“The arrangement of the buildings within the enclosure, which are
all of brick, with slate roofs, is made with reference to a total
separation of the boys and girls, and to the existence of three
separate classes of both male and female inmates: the first (or
best) and second classes each to have a play-ground and work-room,
and the members of one class not to be allowed to converse with
those of the other, on any occasion; the third class, consisting
of the most depraved inmates, to be kept, until in a condition to
warrant promotion to a higher class, in separate confinement, with
a suitable allowance of out of door exercise for the preservation
of health, said exercise to be taken in an enclosure specially
designed for this purpose, where no conversation between the
inmates shall be permitted.
“The numbers of these three classes which can be accommodated when
the buildings marked on the plan shall be erected, as ultimately
designed, are--
Boys. Girls.
1st Class 40 27
2d Class 56 45
3d Class 30 22
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Total 126 94
“Dormitories for the first and second classes are at present provided
for--
Boys. Girls.
1st Class 30 14
2d Class 42 22
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Total 72 36
“The erection of all of the other buildings specified in the plan,
was authorized, with reference to the accommodation of 250 inmates.
They consist of--
“1. A main building, three stories in height, containing offices
and chambers for the officers, school-rooms and infirmaries for
the male and female inmates, a dining and sitting-room for the
girls, &c.
“2. Two buildings projecting from the rear of the main building;
the one in the male department, two stories in height, and
containing the chapel and the boys’ dining-room; the other in the
female department, three stories in height, and appropriated for
the kitchen, the wash-room, store-rooms, &c.
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