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Debate on Cold Bath Fields Prison Confinement Practices
Members argued over the treatment of prisoners held on suspicion at Cold Bath Fields. The discussion covered solitary confinement, access to food and air, the borrowing of money by the jailer from inmates, and the appropriateness of the prison for state prisoners. Proponents defend the facility citing Mr Howard’s plan, while critics warn of potential abuses and call for further inquiry or indemnity.
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Athe House
House of Parliament
Bath Fields
Mr. Howard
Aris
Baronet
Glaffe
Colonel Despard
Buxton
Mr. B
Court of King’s Bench
Col. Despard
Sheridan
W. Dundas
Mr. Sheridan
Sir William Young
Mr. Locke
Baron Gilbert
Despard
Baconet
Privy Council
Howard
Manchester
House of Commons
Secretary of State
Lord Belgrave
Bonnie
Francis Burdett
Bath
Lord Duncan
Hon
Burdett
Wilson
Burdon
Coldbath
Mainwaring
Airis
Clerkenwell
Miller
Browns
Tomkins
Goge
Courtney
Lord Dartmouth
Fotheregil
Duke of Portland
Howards
Mr. Courtney
Bragge
Coldbath-Fields
Dawgh