he chapel as heretofore;
that is, the males assemble Sabbath mornings at nine and enjoy the same
exercises as usual, none else to be admitted except at my special
invitation; Sabbath school continue Sabbath afternoons, and I will
select such teachers as I think best. Wednesday evening prayer meetings
to continue, I inviting in some of the religious men of the city to help
carry them on, and not a prisoner be allowed to open his head in them.
These fellows are here to be punished. They must not be called men, but
criminals, for such they are."

Such in substance was my programme, on which this colloquy followed
between myself and warden:

"Warden, you did not speak of admitting the female prisoners to the
Sabbath worship in the chapel."

"No, I don't purpose to admit any females to that service."[1]

[Footnote 1: I understood his objection to be, that the sight of a woman
is demoralizing to a prisoner.]

"But we can have a screen so arranged, that the women can not be seen by
the men, though assembled as formerly, and I will be at the labor and
expense of fitting it."

"No, I won't have a woman in the chapel."

"But do not the rules require the warden to assemble the females as well
as males in the chapel Sabbath mornings for worship?"

"Oh, I call the women's work-room their chapel."

"But, if I am to hold a service with the women in their work-room after
the chapel service, it will double my labors, and then not be as
interesting and useful to them as if hearing the discourse with the
speaker fresh and unfatigued."

"I don't ask you to hold a second service with the women, for giving
them a sermon. Only go into their room any time in the week, some
evening if more convenient, and offer prayer, and that will be all
sufficient."

"How about commencing the school in the chapel?"

"Oh, I can't have anything to do with that, we are so tired, when night
comes, with our other duties."

Thus matters were before me. What a cutting off! The question would be,
"Is this cutting off a part of the proposed correction of prison
abuses?" No secular school, no religious instruction of note to the
female prisoners, and the screws put upon our prayer meeting so tightly
as to render them of but little account to the prisoners.

As to the latter, I felt that, could the prisoners enjoy the privilege
of taking part in them as previously, having only the warden, guards and
myself present, it would be preferable to the new pl