“Nuremberg correctional prison”
“This prison is open on November 1, 1869 and is 20 minutes from Nuremberg. The prison building consists of their five four -story stone outbuildings that go from the center from the center, everything is surrounded by a high wall. In three floors of each of the four outbuilding there are cells of prisoners, since the Nuremberg prison is based on the principle of solitary imprisonment; In the basements, cellars, pantries and shops are placed. The prison hospital and the church are in the fifth outbuilding, where the premises are allocated to the director of the prison, his assistant and the warders. Total cells in prison 400; Each of them is 14 feet with a length of 8 width and 10 high (approx. ~ 4.2*2.4*3 meters) Cool furniture is extremely simple: a bed, suspended behind the wall, table, chair and several working tools, depending on the kind of work of the prisoner. In the day of the cell, it is lit through the window, in the evening – gas, which remains to burn all night. To monitor the prisoners at the door of the cell, a small window was made, and in case the prisoner needs to see one of the prison authorities or needs the help of a guard, an electric call was made in the wall, which is going on to the duty room, where one of the overseers is always located.
Prisoners in the Nuremberg prison are subjected to complete loneliness: neither while walking in the air, nor when visiting the church, they do not see each other. For absenteeism at the end of each outbuilding, near the prison wall, special courtyards are built, for each prisoner separately. These courtyards make up a full circle and are separated from the other from the other with the walls going from the center in the form of radii. Each courtyard is 46 feet long, 14 -wide (approx. ~ 14*4.2 meters). In the center is a small turret, in which a watchman is placed during walks, to observe that the prisoners walk modestly and calmly and do not try to communicate with each other in any way. In the same way, in the church, the prisoners do not see each other, but occupy special booths located with an amphitheater of three tiers, some above the others, completely separated from the other, so the prisoners see only worship. Similar premises are arranged in the school hall.
Particular attention is paid to the mental and moral development of prisoners. They take place at the school a mandatory course of teaching, which includes the grounds for all the knowledge necessary for a person. The prison library supplies them with more or less serious books, at the strict choice of a teacher or director. In addition, the prisoner, from his choice, studies one or more crafts. The money earned by him is issued to him when leaving prison. These money, together with acquired knowledge and studied crafts, give him the opportunity to start a new life, full of honest work, and useful activities at the end of the conclusion.
(“Illustrated newspaper, November 30, 1872)
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