The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy. New Series, No. 24. January, 1885.

Printed wraps, 8vo, 75pp with blank leaves interspersed through text. Several shallow chips along the edges of the rear wrap and quarter-inch loss to the spine head. Contents are crisp and clean. Published annually under the direction of the Philadelphia Society of Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, primarily drawing from Eastern Penitentiary. Topics include assigning Police Matrons to handle female offenders and treating mental illness, including peple whose insanity develops after being incarcerated, though they don't appear to reference the role of solitary confinement in the "Separate System" as a contributing factor. Focus on establishing a separate asylum for the "Insane Criminal" to alleviate the burden on prison management and the State Hospital at Norristown.