Reference
QSR1821/423
Title
Report of prison chaplain G H Bowers.
Date free text
1821
Production date
From: 1821 To: 1821
Scope and Content
'The convicts now under sentence for transportation (12 for life, 1 for 14 years and 4 for 7 years) have uniformly behaved themselves well'.
'We have to lament one escape ... which arose entirely from the insecurity of the sleeping cell, and cannot be at all imputed to any negligence on the part of the governor.'
'In the new house of correction the library of religious books and tracts, alluded to in my last report, is nearly completed, but cannot be said yet to be in use.'
Level of description
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