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VOL. VIII. 
NO. II.
TERMS:—ONE DOLLAR A YEAR IN ADVANCE. 
THE 
PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL 
OF 
PRISON DISCIPLINE 
AND 
PHILANTHROPY.
PUBLISHED QUARTERLY
      UNDER THE DIRECTION OF “THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR ALLEVIATING THE      MISERIES OF PUBLIC PRISONS,” INSTITUTED 1787.   
       “The separation of one prisoner from another is the only sound basis on       which a reformatory (prison) discipline can be established with any       reasonable hope of success.”—Fifth Report of Inspectors       of English Prisons.
APRIL, 1853.
      PHILADELPHIA: 
E. C. AND J. BIDDLE, 
      SOUTHWEST CORNER OF FIFTH AND MINOR STREETS.
LONDON: CHARLES GILPIN. 
1853.   
Isaac Ashmead, Printer.
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CONTENTS OF NO. II.
Art.
  1. —Moral and Religious Instruction of Convicts,53
  2. —Report of the Discipline and Management of the      Convict-Prisons, and Disposal of Convicts, (England,)61
  3. —Sources and Checks of Juvenile Delinquency,70
  4. —Pennsylvania Penitentiaries,78
  5. —Should Convicts be Received into the State      Lunatic Hospital at Harrisburg?82
  6. —Report of the Condition of the New Jersey State      Prison,89
  7. —An Extraordinary Document,93
  8. —A Philanthropic Perplexity,96
MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES.