CHAPTER IV VARIATIONS IN ROUTINE

The sick--Prison hospitals--The removal of the sick to outside hospitals--The wisdom of this course--The essential difference between a prison and other public institutions--The treatment of refractory prisoners--The folly of assuming that rules are more sacred than persons--The position of the medical officer in relation to the prisoner--The danger of divided responsibility--The untried prisoner--His privileges--Civil prisoners-- Imprisonment for contempt of court--The convict--Short and long sentences 243-257