COPY OF A LETTER FROM HENRY GOULBURN TO THE INSPECTORS GENERAL OF PRISONS IN IRELAND, DIRECTING THE TO INQUIRE INTO THE EVILS ARISING FROM THE BAD CONSTRUCTION, DEFICIENCY OF ACCOMMODATION, AND WANT OF CLASSIFICATION, IN THE PRISON OF NEWGATE, DUBLIN

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4pp. Disbound. Folding plan. Parliamentary Paper HC184. Has fascinating plan of the proposed circular prison to with cells to accommodate 18 prisoners, closely observed and having an airing court for exercise, each housing a treadmill. The prison was sited at Little Green, present-day St Michan's Park near Smithfield. The building was badly located and adequate serwerage could not be installed. The prison was badly administered with all classes of prisoner mingled together, up to 14 in a single cell. The inspectors recommended demolishing the prison and provided a plan of the proposed replacement. A very clean copy. N° de ref. del artículo 167154

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