The Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Prison Discipline Society is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of prison reform in the United States. The Society was formed in Boston in 1825, and this book contains reports from the Society's early years. These reports detail the Society's efforts to improve the treatment of prisoners and to promote rehabilitation over punishment. This book is an important reminder of the ongoing need for prison reform in the United States. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.