Show PRISONERS MAY BE MADE TO WORK RULES JUDGE BURTON in a ruling made last week in the district court in nephi judge burton of this district made it clear that prisoners who are sentenced to the county jails can and he mends that they be made to work he suggests streets and highways cemeteries vacant lots and numerous other places as places where their labor can be used and be concludes a rather detailed recommendation by saying that it is the opinion of 0 the court that all prisoners should be re to work at least six elx days in every week and that the sheriff should operate cooperate co with the board of oi county commissioners and with the mayor and city council of each city and town in the county with a view 0 of finding employment for the prisoners the judges and recommendations ions ious resulted from an inquiry uy tue me boded bo binl of bunty commissioners of juab county it if there is any reason why prisoners should not be made to work arid and from complaints by citizens at the way prisoners ale aie he quotes one citizen as saying baying our jails have ceased to be used as places of detention and punishment tor for criminals but on oil the con arary have become ordinary places 0 of abode where prisoners are relieved eved of all lalor cared care and responsibility and at the expense of the taxpayers are furnished urnis hed board lodging clothing tobacco and daily papers that while the prisoners are locked up at night they are given their liberty during the day time to run at large upon the biretta without hiu derance or let and la in some instances allowed to go to the picture shows in the evening and some of the prisoners are attracting many ot of our young girls they can call be frequently seen asso associating cid with the prisoners on tile the streets and at the prison yards and grou grounds nuo the judge cites as his bis authority tor for saying that prisoners can be made to work section ot of the utah compiled statutes which reads as follows in ili all cases where by law a person is sentenced to either in the state prison or the county jail it shall be at hard jabor whether so designated by tile the court or not any prisoner who refuses to work the judge points out in his ruling violates the court ruling and thern fore ore subjects himself to punishment therefore and the sheriff would bis be I 1 in such case to place tho prisoner in solitary confinement aud i educe his dally daily rations it if to bread and water and no privileges should be accorded buch a pris prisoner oner and he should be ba required to serve the lull full term of his sent sentence euce common sense should be applied by the sheriff in following the law however the judge says and it if he finds that a prisoner has come to realize that he has made a mistake and shows due and proper respect for the orders ot of the court and the officers of the law and is willing during his term of imprisonment to contribute his labor t ta relieve the taxpayers of at least a portion of the expenses to which they have been put by reason of his unlawful act due consideration and credit should be given by reducing the sentence tor for such a term as Is provided by law tor for good be havier to the complaint that our jails are too public the judge says that under no circumstances should people be permitted to visit the jails and to converse with the prisoners thru the windows relatives or friends should see a prisoner in the sheriffs office and say what they have to say to him in ili the presence of the sheriff the practice of young girls hanging around prisoners either when they are in jail or out at work should be stopped and it if necessary the intruders should be punished the judge also makes pertinent compain ibous between the methods of hand handlang laig in ill england aud and the buted baates and ynos tile results lie comments on oil the bale E evil vil and points out how it oilen operates to defeat justice how the hie gimners limners justice is also discussed loo often he says when we get a crook crofit in ili jail tile have succeeded in robbing punishment of 0 all its berrois ter rois there is much truth in the accent statement ol of richard U E commissioner of police of new york city who says prison today Is a social club with libraries lounges theatrical entertainments aud and swimming pools the only thing that has not buea been put la in yet is a golf course and I 1 cannot understand why they do not lay jay one out the soft headed beaded individuals who think criminals are some sort of a rare pet are always alaya on the job to tell the lawbreaker that he is not realy to blame that it Is society that is all ail wrong and that he is a victim and not an offender the criminal swallows this kind of slop readily enough and ends by believing it when a man is sentenced in england his sen sentence stands the judge points out it is tho the law and the law is respected there is no board of pardons to determine when a mans malls sentence should expire it such a law works so well in england why not in ili amelica of forty alve five persons sent from this district during the period between july 26 and nov f 1927 4 years and 4 1 I months to the bbate prison only tour four were in ili tile the prison on the lie latter date adte UK tile judge points out though thirty eight hail had been sent up continued to back pap page |