Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-12-03 | Page 4 | Quick Action Needed

QUICK ACTION NEEDED IT TT WAS astounding an-astounding an thing to discover that prisoners supposed to be serving sentences In in th the thC state prison have been permitted to tor roam r about a almost ost at will sp spend nd their nights aw W wy y from the Institution one one ne even ven visiting a city l Y In another county to be married A penitentiary warden should be allowed discretion ls in the matter of making trusties of oZ c certain of his charges Some Soni men sent to prison earn eatn this consideration In some cases It m may y go a a. long way toward reforma reforma- tion be a a. positive aid aidIn In an effort to build character and reshape lives Nevertheless Nevertheless Never Never- th lesS It is assumed that a warden will exercise exer- exer exer exer- cl cise e this leniency and consideration within the th bounds bbunds of reason In the case of this prisoner who was al allowed allowed allowed al- al lowed the freedom of the city who went to Farmington to be marr married ed while under sentence sentence sen sen- tence and frequently remained away front from th the prison over night sleeping in a downtown apartment there can be no claim made by bythe the warden that he Was as acting within rea rca son It is isa a very clear indication that there 1 Is something decidedly wrong at the institution quick action is Is needed here The warden Is responsible to the people of the state through the power that appointed him to office It therefore appears to be the clear duty of the governor to call for prompt Investigation in investigation in by the board of corrections with witha a view to applying a remedy Sentences Imposed imposed imposed im Im- im- im posed by Y y the cou courts ts after fair trials should be served by malefactors To nullify them by such pra practices as are seen to have been common at the state prison is contemptuous and intolerable