Spanish Fork Press | 1908-01-02 | Page 5 | To Abolish the Lockstep

TO ABOLISH THE LOCKSTEP Reform Is Established at Blackwell Island Penitentiary Now York Blackwells Island penitentiary peni-tentiary where minor offenders of New York citys laws serve their sentences sen-tences will know tho striped suit and the lockstep no more John V Coggey commissioner of correction announced the other day that he has decided to put an end to stripes and lockstep in the penitentiary peniten-tiary as he believed thut thej + did much to kill any smoldering spark of decency that may remain In tho prisoner pris-oner when ho Is brought to tho city prison Commissioner Coggey said I find that most of tho progressive penal Institutions throughout tho country coun-try havo abolished the stripes and the lockstep I agree thoroughly with the argument In favor of this action that It saves tho prisoner from humiliation which ho never can forget