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in 1822, independent of repairs, &c. amounted to ^1827>
3s. lOd.
Particulars as under:
Criminal prosecutions before the Magistrates
and Circuit Courts, after deducting fines
and expenses received, - - - a^'ySS 1 10
Aliment at (id. per day, for which the pri-
soners receive their food, - - 419 17 2
Salaries to Jailor, Chaplain, Surgeon, Teach-
er, Precentor, Matron, wages to Servants,
and other current expenses of the Debtor
and Felon side of the Prison, - - 403 12 4
Bedding, washing, use of furniture, &c. to
1150 delinquents at one penny per day, on
the supposition that the average period of
confinement is forty-five days, - 21.5 12 6
Expense in 1822, exclusive of repairs, kc. 1827 3 10
97
When the expense of supplying the prison with water,
repairs, insurance, and other unavoidable outlay, is taken
into account, the maintenance of the prison, will be little
short of two thousand pounds per annum from the Corpo-
ration funds.
BHdewell.
Till the year 1798, there was no regular building in
this City for the exclusive purpose of a Bridewell. The
building on the south side of the Drygate, which had
been occupied as a manse by the Prebend of Cambuslang
previous to the Reformation, was acquired by the Magis-
trates, and fitted up as a house of correction for vagrants
and women of dissolute character. As this building had
become unfit for the purposes of a Bridewell, the Magis-
trates in 1792, took a lease from the College of a part
of their property adjoining the old meal market in the
High-street, and fitted it up as a Bridewell, but as this
was only a temporary arrangement, the Magistrates en-
tered into a contract for erecting the present building in
Duke-street on 6th October, 1795, from designs by Mr.
John Paterson. The building which is six stories high,
containing 105 cells, each 8 feet by 7 feet, a chapel, work-
rooms, and apartments for the Keeper, was opened for
prisoners on the 8th of May, 1798.
The Bridewell, although of sufficient size at first, is now
deficient in accommodation, and its construction unfor-
tunately such, as to retard, if not entirely to prevent the
great purposes of solitary confinement and distinct classi-
fication.
At the time when the Bridewell was built, the improve-
ments which have since taken place in penitentiaries were
A a
98
not known, and even if they had been discovered, the pe-
cuniary concerns of the Corporation would not have war-
ranted its managers to provide court yards, and the other
requisites of a reformed Prison. Of late, the rapid in-
crease of juvenile, and the more advanced degrees of de-
linquency in all their appalling forms, have become so
alarming, that the necessity of renovating or enlarging
the building has become a matter of necessity; accord-
inoly, an Act of Parliament has been obtained for erect-
ing a new County Bridewell, the expense of building and
maintaining to be defrayed by an assessment on the City
and County. It is now expected that the building will be
begun in a few months.
The following Table exhibits the number of persons
who have been confined in Bridewell during 13 years, dis-
tinguishing the periods of confinement.
1
1
a
CO
1
00
1
1
1
a
S5
5
ll
]8!0
46
40
15
26
155
9
14
30
4
7
128
258
386
90
1811
54
45
87
30
166
8
15
34
5
G
144
502
44C
98
1812
70
46
127
35
196
7
14
35
6
6
170
568
558
116
1815
96
41
107
51
208
10
15
54
6
6
200
554
554
120
1814
160
40
222
41
198
8
14
31
5
4
230
495
723
130
1815
194
35
252
61
216
12
21
55
3
290
515
805
147
1816
329
64
262
51
190
11
27
516
618
954
166
1817
545
142
518
41
158
9
16
4
489
722
1211
178
1818
797
127
265
81
135
12
24
4
601
842
1445
210
1819
650
179
258
102
160
17
20
5
598
773
1571
220
1820
701
201
250
86
127
1
27
25
9
663
762
1425
183
1821
546
479
189
74
87
19
25
6
0
.8^
&a
•asnoq aqj ui ^ijep aSejaAy
« w
j^ — c 01 X c -<
-H CM 0) -< ?) Cl
01
•pailjuiLUOD JBiox
01 l
3s. lOd.
Particulars as under:
Criminal prosecutions before the Magistrates
and Circuit Courts, after deducting fines
and expenses received, - - - a^'ySS 1 10
Aliment at (id. per day, for which the pri-
soners receive their food, - - 419 17 2
Salaries to Jailor, Chaplain, Surgeon, Teach-
er, Precentor, Matron, wages to Servants,
and other current expenses of the Debtor
and Felon side of the Prison, - - 403 12 4
Bedding, washing, use of furniture, &c. to
1150 delinquents at one penny per day, on
the supposition that the average period of
confinement is forty-five days, - 21.5 12 6
Expense in 1822, exclusive of repairs, kc. 1827 3 10
97
When the expense of supplying the prison with water,
repairs, insurance, and other unavoidable outlay, is taken
into account, the maintenance of the prison, will be little
short of two thousand pounds per annum from the Corpo-
ration funds.
BHdewell.
Till the year 1798, there was no regular building in
this City for the exclusive purpose of a Bridewell. The
building on the south side of the Drygate, which had
been occupied as a manse by the Prebend of Cambuslang
previous to the Reformation, was acquired by the Magis-
trates, and fitted up as a house of correction for vagrants
and women of dissolute character. As this building had
become unfit for the purposes of a Bridewell, the Magis-
trates in 1792, took a lease from the College of a part
of their property adjoining the old meal market in the
High-street, and fitted it up as a Bridewell, but as this
was only a temporary arrangement, the Magistrates en-
tered into a contract for erecting the present building in
Duke-street on 6th October, 1795, from designs by Mr.
John Paterson. The building which is six stories high,
containing 105 cells, each 8 feet by 7 feet, a chapel, work-
rooms, and apartments for the Keeper, was opened for
prisoners on the 8th of May, 1798.
The Bridewell, although of sufficient size at first, is now
deficient in accommodation, and its construction unfor-
tunately such, as to retard, if not entirely to prevent the
great purposes of solitary confinement and distinct classi-
fication.
At the time when the Bridewell was built, the improve-
ments which have since taken place in penitentiaries were
A a
98
not known, and even if they had been discovered, the pe-
cuniary concerns of the Corporation would not have war-
ranted its managers to provide court yards, and the other
requisites of a reformed Prison. Of late, the rapid in-
crease of juvenile, and the more advanced degrees of de-
linquency in all their appalling forms, have become so
alarming, that the necessity of renovating or enlarging
the building has become a matter of necessity; accord-
inoly, an Act of Parliament has been obtained for erect-
ing a new County Bridewell, the expense of building and
maintaining to be defrayed by an assessment on the City
and County. It is now expected that the building will be
begun in a few months.
The following Table exhibits the number of persons
who have been confined in Bridewell during 13 years, dis-
tinguishing the periods of confinement.
1
1
a
CO
1
00
1
1
1
a
S5
5
ll
]8!0
46
40
15
26
155
9
14
30
4
7
128
258
386
90
1811
54
45
87
30
166
8
15
34
5
G
144
502
44C
98
1812
70
46
127
35
196
7
14
35
6
6
170
568
558
116
1815
96
41
107
51
208
10
15
54
6
6
200
554
554
120
1814
160
40
222
41
198
8
14
31
5
4
230
495
723
130
1815
194
35
252
61
216
12
21
55
3
290
515
805
147
1816
329
64
262
51
190
11
27
516
618
954
166
1817
545
142
518
41
158
9
16
4
489
722
1211
178
1818
797
127
265
81
135
12
24
4
601
842
1445
210
1819
650
179
258
102
160
17
20
5
598
773
1571
220
1820
701
201
250
86
127
1
27
25
9
663
762
1425
183
1821
546
479
189
74
87
19
25
6
0
.8^
&a
•asnoq aqj ui ^ijep aSejaAy
« w
j^ — c 01 X c -<
-H CM 0) -< ?) Cl
01
•pailjuiLUOD JBiox
01 l
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