To  establish  a  System  calculated  to  prevent  cri mi-
nab  from  returning  to  their  evil  practices  after  punish-
ment is  the  very  essence  of  good  Police ;  but  notwith-
standing its  importance  to  the  Community,  no  mea-
sures have  ever  yet  been  adopted,  calculated  to  attain
so  desirable  an  object.  — It  is,  however,  ardently  to
be  hoped,  that  the  period  is  fast  approaching,  when
this  great  desideratum  will  be  in  a  certain  degree
obtained ;  and  that  the  suggestions  offered  iu  the
subsequent  Chapters,  ritey  tend  to  accelerate  the
renovation  of  this  forlorn  and  miserable  class  of
outcasts,  by  means  of  an  appropriate  Penitentiary
System.
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OF   PUNISHMENTS.  435

and  Prisons:  —theirrnefficacyin  reforming  Convicts.
—The  labour  obtained  uncertain,  while  the  expence  is
enormous.— The  National  Penitentiary-House  (ac-
cording to  the  proposal  of  Jeremy  Benthamy  Esq.)
considered. — Its  peculiar  advantages  over  all  others
which  have  been  suggested,  with  respect  to  healthy
productive  labour,  and  reformation  of  Convicts.—*
General  reflections  on  the  means  of  rendering  im-
prisonment useful  in  reforming  Cwwicts.~-~Gon-
eluding  observations.  ,.
