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Appendix No. 12: Excerpts

Authors : Gustave de Beaumont, Alexis de Tocqueville

Published in: On the Penitentiary System in the United States and its Application to France

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Appendix No. 12 contains excerpts from a letter by Mr. Martin Welles, Judge at Wethersfield and former inspector of the Connecticut State Prison. In his letter to Tocqueville and Beaumont, Welles explains the reasons for the expense of building the Wethersfield prison, including imprecise proportions of strength between doors and openings, the vanity of the architect contraposed to the constant progress of society, and the substitution of vigilant surveillance for material force. Welles also provides statistics on the cost of materials for the Wethersfield prison, an estimate of expenses for a new prison, and calculations of potential profits that prison will make for the State.

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We must note here that anytime mention of feet and of inches is made in this letter, Mr. Welles intends to speak of English feet and inches. The English foot is about one-fifteenth smaller than the French foot. The French foot is composed of 324 millimeters, the English foot of 304 millimeters only.

*Here Lieber inserts a footnote: “The French had here ardoise, but the authors were mistaken. It is precisely the slate which Judge Welles considers unnecessary at the beginning of these extracts. The original, from which the authors translated, had shingle” (Beaumont and Tocqueville 1833, p. 206).

The bottom of each floor in these buildings has 8,100 feet of surface, which gives a total of 32,400 feet. 40 feet more than suffices for a man’s labor. Those who are shoemakers only need 20 feet. Five hundred men will therefore occupy 20,000 feet; and there will remain 12,400 for the storerooms, offices that will substantially meet every need.

*In the original text, Tocqueville and Beaumont have a margin note indicating that the costs of the superintendent, under-director, surveillance, and guards together constitute “Frais de garde.”

Beaumont, Gustave de and Alexis de Tocqueville. 1833. On the Penitentiary System in the United States and Its Application in France, with an Appendix on Penal Colonies and also Statistical Notes. Translated by Francis Lieber. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard.

Title: Appendix No. 12: Excerpts
Authors: Gustave de Beaumont
Alexis de Tocqueville
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: On the Penitentiary System in the United States and its Application to France
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-70798-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-70799-0

Copyright Year: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70799-0_19