Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-12-07 | Page 2 | Prison Labor is Advocated by Humphries

I 1 I PRISON N LABORIS lABOR I IS ADVOCATED BY National Prison Expert Advises Exchange of Products Between Penal Institutions of States Declaring that the states use plan was the most feasible method of oJ developing eloping industrial activity in prisons of tile y country R. R S. S HumphrIes Humphries humphries Hum Hum- member of ot the the- national committee com corn ml ee on prisons and arid prison labor said that six states state's had already adopted and were effectively using the plan Mr Humphries who wasI was assigned the task of ot making an I analysis analysts of state purchases for state institutions for the the national com corn committee one year ago arrived In Salt Lake today and will vIll proceed In the next few weeks to make a complete anal analysis of the prison purchases in Utah The states use plan said Mr l Humphries when it is perfected will mean that the prison labor of ot otone one state will manufacture an ar article article ar- ar tide that will supply the needs of ot the state institutions of ot that state and any surplus will be sent to the state institutions of ot an adjoining state This will ivill not Involve competition competition com Coin petition with free labor or with the Industries of the state i STATES EXCHANGE I At present Georgia state Institutions institutions institutions are using products from the state Institutions of ot New ew Jersey Tersey and vice versa The same arrangement could be made In Utah and Arizona Idaho and Wyoming The surplus manufactured red articles manufactured red for state institutions In Utah could be sent to Wyoming state thins and the surplus in Wyoming could be sent ot of Utah institutions Mr Humphries who Is in charge of statistics from several states of the United States said that in a good many of the prisons of the country prisoners were being taught trades that would be of no practical cal value to them when they they- are arc paroled What Nhat use would the vocation of garment making be to a paroled prisoner in Utah Mr Humphries questioned He lie would either have to Lo break his parole to go to another state where the industry is employing employ employ- ing many or he would I have to enter into competition with women in a trade which is recognized recognized recognized everywhere as a womans woman's vo ye- cation In Texas recently the investigation tion of the state prison purchases that the state was purchasIng lag Ing ng thousands of dollars worth of ot eggs and farm products for the state prison and at the same time the had acres of land lying Idle that could have been planted with products sufficient to supply the prison needs It Is those problems that the national committee commit- commit tee ee is attempting to solve In every state