Appendix: Alphabetical Notes

The alphabetical notes expand upon ideas presented in the main text of On the Penitentiary System. They give information on the State laws establishing solitary confinement in Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York; the bodily effects of solitary confinement upon prisoners; criticism of the Pittsburgh, SingSing, and Lamberton prisons; the Boston Prison Society; quotes from reports by Powers, Livingston, and Lynds; market competition between free workers and prison laborers; use of the treadmill in prison labor; problems with the contracting system; state laws enforcing the use of the whip as disciplinary means; the relationship between slavery and crime; the problem of tracking recidivism rates in America; French laws governing the distribution of the pécule; finally, the costs of the British penal colony in Australia.