Project Gutenberg 2023-09-04 Public domain in the USA. 133 Pennsylvania Prison Society Society, Pennsylvania Prison The journal of prison discipline and philanthropy (New series, No. 57), March, 1918 $aPhiladelphia :$bHenry B. Ashmead, Book and Job Printer, $cVarious. Carla Foust and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy" by the Pennsylvania Prison Society is a historical account published in the early 20th century. This work documents the activities, reports, and legislative discussions concerning prison reform and philanthropy efforts, highlighting societal approaches to prisoner treatment and reform strategies within Pennsylvania's correctional institutions. At the start of the journal, readers are introduced to the governance and structure of prison visitation as defined by legislative acts. The opening includes detailed descriptions of official visitors, their roles, and responsibilities concerning the welfare of prisoners. Additionally, it addresses various efforts by the Pennsylvania Prison Society to improve conditions for inmates, including dietary regulations, employment opportunities for prisoners, legislative achievements related to prison reform, and the establishment of industrial farms for productive inmate labor. This section sets the stage for deeper discussions on reforming penal practices and societal attitudes toward inmates, framing the journal as a crucial resource for understanding early 20th-century penal reform movements. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20161026072511unk Various US Reading ease score: 63.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Charities -- Periodicals Prisons -- Periodicals HV Text Category: History - American Category: Law & Criminology Category: Sociology 364227 2025-06-28T09:41:09.479811 text/html 361400 2023-09-04T13:10:47 text/html 417932 2025-06-28T09:41:17.105802 application/epub+zip 416023 2025-06-28T09:41:11.039926 application/epub+zip 258852 2025-06-28T09:41:10.207821 application/epub+zip 764196 2025-06-28T09:41:20.760773 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 728175 2025-06-28T09:41:16.261793 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 300147 2025-06-28T09:41:08.676862 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 300153 2023-09-04T13:10:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17180 2025-06-28T09:41:20.901757 application/rdf+xml 15979 2025-06-28T09:41:10.415830 image/jpeg 2414 2025-06-28T09:41:10.310804 image/jpeg 374599 2023-09-04T13:10:47 application/octet-stream application/zip 375733 2025-06-28T09:41:09.506820 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons en.wikipedia