Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-07-27 | Page 1 | Inefficiency, Obsolete Methods Blamed for Unrest; Wardens Agree

Inefficiency Obsolete Methods Blamed for Unrest Wardens Agree I U. U S. S Director Says Nation Starting on Road to Penitentiary Pen Pens Reform RECOUNTS MANY CHANGES Says Recommendations Rapidly Rapidly Rapidly Rap Rap- idly Being Adopted tHy Br By Associated Press WASHINGTON July 27 The 27 The federa federal fed fed- era eral government was said today by Sanford Bates director of oC prisons to have accomplished or start started d on the road to accomplishment of or prison reform ideals of the law Jaw enforcement commission Our records will Ill show Bates said in commenting on the latest report of the commission that in the last year we have placed into effect aUthe aU all the major recommendations of the Wickersham commission Pointing to construction plans for forthe forthe forthe the new federal penitentiary at Lew- Lew isburg Penn to cost upward of 3 the prison director asserted completion of that plant and other smaller projects now under way would eliminate to a great extent the overcrowding complained of by the commission OUTLINES PROGRESS The Lewisburg p penitentiary he added would represent realization of the commissions commission's suggestion 1 for the graduation and segregation of the prisoners according to type pt of their crime their ages es and their habits habits' It is s t to be DC finished by next summer and made ready by that time for the transfer of the first of the 1200 Inmates in inmates inmates in- in mates who will ultimately occupy the prison One by one Bates added other recommendations recommendations recommendations rec rec- of the commission have been placed in operation during the e last year in the reorganized federal federal federal fed fed- eral prison program inaugurated last July One of ot these a these a need for better trained personnel including wardens for or the federal prisons prisons has has been met Bates Bate said by placing them under civil service status along with operation operation operation opera opera- tion of a school for their training By authority of ot congress prisoners in federal penal institutions are being put to work on manufacture of goods for other governmental departments in order to decrease the idleness of in in- in mates CITES PROBATION A new s system stem of probation with increased in increased increased in- in creased supervision lon of paroled men since last year was cited as meeting the Jie criticism of the commission of loose parole methods With the thc placing of all health ac- ac of ot the prisons under the United States public health service the he sanitary phase of ot the situation asIt as asIt asit it relates to federal prisons was Continued on Pare Pace Two I 1 I 0 RIDE RIOE DRINKING PARTY ENDS ENOS IN INNEAR NEAR Continued from Page Fare One the car Carlson Carison admitted according to officers he bound one of at his cousins under protest but refused to tie the other Enraged by the youths youth's refusal according according according ac ac- cording to the picture o of the affray reconstructed by police pollee the man whipped out a n. pistol and allegedly shot Carlson Carison in the thigh Fearing a second shot would be fired Carlson told the officers he crawled away from the parked pInked car and with the assistance of Lamont Lament mode made his way to reservation headquarters head hend headquarters quarters where army officials were told of ot the occurrence Carlson Carison and Lamont Lament were pl placed ed In the post guardhouse guard guardhouse house and pollee police were notified Meanwhile the girls related later police said the former officer attempted at tempted to attack them but was finally frightened away by their screams Chief of ot Detectives David H. H Clayton Clay Clay- ton City Detective W. W Clyde Smith and Patrolman C. C W. W Farnsworth jc- jc rc to the call from the reservation reservation reserva tion and took the youths and the girls to police headquarters Carlson Carison and Lamont were taken to Jail after Carlson's Carlson's Carl Carl- sons son's wound was dressed and the girls escorted to their homes after treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment in the city emergency hospital Juvenile authorities are aiding police police po po- po lice in the investigation while sheriffs sheriff's sher ills iff's deputies are cooperating In the search for the assailant