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fixed at 400 R:dr B:co (about 33 £), for the second
at 350 R:dr and for the third at 300 R:dr, with
rooms and firing.
For every 20 or 25 prisoners there ought to
be an under jailer, with a salary of half a R:dr
(about nine pence) a day, house-room and firing.
The local direction of the county-prison ought
to consist of the Governor of the province, as
president, the Secretary for the county, and two
persons living in the principal town or its
neighbourhood. These two members should be chosen for
one year, either by the society formed in the county
for the care of the prisoners, or, should our
municipal-arrangements gain that degree of
development so much wished for by every true Swede,
according to the same ground as may be
determined for them. There should be a possibility of
reelecting them at least once. This direction has
the management and inspection of the prison,
according to the instructions given by the Justitie
Departementet (Department of Justice), taking up
the general grounds with regard to the treatment
of the prisoners, their amount of labour, the
application of the profits on their work, &c.; but
leaving the details to the circumspection of the
direction. Although the short period for work is
not very favourable for the spirit of enterprise,
the direction ought nevertheless to see, that the
prisoners are kept, as much as possible, to suitable
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