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Show REFORMATORY BOYS BUILDING ROADS Connecticut Try a Experiment Experi-ment Which Proves Profitable. . ''Fifty boys from the Cotjnoctiout reformatory nvo buildiriK a roail ,be-twaan ,be-twaan MllMale and the roforrnatory, Mud j)ostiih1y will go on with tho ma radum in tJhohhiro, " eays K ECant Huhhard of the board of directors of the reformatory to :i reprehentativ e of the Nationnl Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor. Hubbard continued: WO had a hard time getting the work started, as there was great opoositioa to it, but the board was determined to mrt.ki- the attempt, and results to date promise success. When we began the work we px pec ted that it would take nix months, but now we look to tee it finished in four. The board has been very fortunate fortu-nate in securing as -uperintendcnt of the reformatory Charles Henry Johnson, who bat bepn deputy warden under Thomas MoU Osborne Os-borne at Wine Sing. Mr. Johnson bao her-n helping Mr. Osborne in developing self-government among the prisoner at f'iing Sing, and will lend even- aid to our Mutual Welfare 'League at ''hehflire. The men detailed for the road work were selected by the league and do not wear stripes or any dii-tinctne dii-tinctne uniform, and they are taken to the work in trolley ears and have their dinner sent to them. Two officers of the institution ac-eoinpan ac-eoinpan v them, but aet s overseers over-seers of the work, not guards. We d not fear escapes, as the boys have given their word not to e-eape. e-eape. Some few, of course, may not have sufficient intelligence to live up to the standards of the group, but most of the boys are putting backbone into the work ' and doing their part towards making mak-ing it a success. There is no limit to the amount of work that Connecticut prisoners can do on the roads should this first attempt be mij iiqiptfll, and we hope at the reformatory to work out a labor system profitable to the boys and also to the state. |