Imprisonment
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So many medical men in Government service in India of all grades are concerned in prison administration that the publication of this little paper-bound volume by Col. Barker will be very welcome. It is a presentation of the present position with regard to Indian prisons, and a suggestion for future policy and improvements, based on the author's long experience of prison administration in the Central Provinces, the Andamans, Madras Presidency, and the Punjab. In a foreword the Bishop of Madras writes as follows:??" Colonel Barker in this book has explained the principles which underline the whole penal system, and the particular applications of them, which experience has so far
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