reason for this was due to complaints that some of the poor might prefer the clothing, diet and lodging of the penitentiaries to their hard life outside.
             By doing so the legislators were able to deter any such preference. However, these penitentiaries were never built.
             This was due to death and resignation which broke up the original board of commissioners established to oversee implementation of the act. There were also problems over purchase of the land.
             The efforts of local reformers combined with a steady course of printed propaganda began to make the penitentiary a practical alternative punishment.
             Supporters believed that it was a punishment with the added advantage of reforming the prisoner for the benefit of the society.
             Those released from the harshness of the penitentiary would be familiarized to h
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