Evidence: | Accounts of prisoners:
'I.N., 21, Reg. no. 491. - Convicted of a felony. - I found this criminal entirely ignorant of the contents of the Bible when committed, his former life having been most dissolute. Shortly after his committal he shewed much penitence. and the earnest attention with which during almost every hour of the day he was studying the sacred Scriptures attracted especial notice. He was but three months in prison yet he learnt the four Gospels, and several chapters of the Old Testament.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 31 Dec 1848 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Reading county: Berkshire specific address: Reading Gaol other location: in his cell |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | I.N. |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | prisoner |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [n/a] |
Title: | Bible |
Genre: | Bible |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) prison issue |
Record ID: | 15231 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | John Field | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Prison discipline and the advantages of the separate system of imprisonment | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1848, 2nd edn | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 121 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | John Field, Prison discipline and the advantages of the separate system of imprisonment (London, 1848, 2nd edn), 2, p. 121, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=15231, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
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