ABSTRACT
Two great obstacles stand in the way of complete success of the society. One is the want of institutions -such as houses of succour, infirmaries, refuges-outside the prison which can carryon the work of reforma.- tion. In. the case especially of short sentences of a few weeks or months, there has hardly been time to inculcate new and regular habits, and, with all the care the society can take, the prisoners often i"etum to evil courses. The society urges the establishment of a house of industry in the country, where there can be a large tract of land to cultivate, and active, steady work to do, and where the discharged prisoners may be sent, not as to a penit9ntiary, but as to a home, for two or three years. Such an establishment would save them from that extreme misery which is so generally the result, as wen as cause, of imprisonment for women. They will be overlooked, taught, and trained to labour, and their health will be taken good care of. The society believes that this institution would be successful, as the conduct of these women when in prison is generally orderly and diligent, though their untrained labour is insufficient to keep them in independent comfort when free from surveillance.
