Show Stocks and Sweat Boxes Revived i j to Punish Unruly Georgia Convicts y I r 9 1 y 4 r Y 7 pS o t T x vo voy y V Georgia has gone back to the primitive for methods of punishing unruly convicts The picture shows stocks built for one of the Georgia prison camps with with- witha a man locked un hard and fast ATLANTA Ga Dec l H. H Stocks Stocks sweat boxes an and l various other prImItive forms of punishment have been in vogue in Georgias Georgia's convict t camps since the lash was legally abolished And Georgia is arouse aroused d now by charges that in the penalties penalties penal- penal ties les inflicted l on prisoners prisoners' for vio lations o of rules the state has gone gohe from bad to worse So widespread has has' become a a re revolt revolt re- re volt of ot public sentiment against the he the punishment methods used by wardens that the state prison commission commissIon commission com com- mission has hall called a conference for December 3 to adopt new regula- regula lons Stocks an and 1 sweat boxes are denounced de- de enounce e- e l by Georgians interested in prison reform as harking back to the he the days when convicts were were- subjected subjected sub- sub to more ruthless brutality brut than ban the beasts of the field l' l ROBES ODES MAIL Reports have been made to the prIson commission by several com several commIttees com com- which investigated prison conditions in the state These disclosed dis- dis closed that following abolition of ot whipping wardens were left vIrtually vir- vir to their own devices In pena pen penalizing penal penal- zing izing contacts Stocks an and l sweat box boxes s appear to have been the favorite o B But they have not been the only ones In one country camp a a prisoner to be punished was backed Up to toa a a. post and nd hI his arms chained behind behind behind be be- be- be hind the post po t. t arms then raised as high as possible and the chain fastened on a nail The pris prisoner oner was compelled to stand inthis InthIs in inthis this attitude le for hours bours Chairman Emmett Williams pf the legislatures legislatures legislature's legisla legisla- legislatures legislature's tures ture's penitentiary committee t said sald Another report told of a a convict being confined in n a shallow box just large enough to hold and of ot molasses being poured ov over r his exposed face His arms were fastened fastened fast fast- ene ened l so that he was powerless to brush away the flies Use of stocks and sweat boxes boxes- is described and defended b by Superintendent Su Superintendent Su- Su n lent A A. A A. A Clarke of the convict camps in Fulton county These devices are resorted to to said Clarke only when less severe methods of ot punishment have failed to make recalcitrant convicts obey S orders A white youth sentenced as a a. vagrant r refused fuse l' l to work Clarke sal said l. l He was vas placed In a solitary box a fraction higher than the man average average with holes oles bored In Inthe Inthe inthe the top Bread Breall and water Waiter were passed through a small sliding panel In hi the door loor The prisoner had to stand upright in the dark when the door was closed I thought a night ht of ot that would l tame him said Clarke But after six days layS on bread and water he was as ns stubborn as ever After that I had stocks made an and 1 we locked him in them Six Six hours hour t It later r he begged to be be re re- re leased I Clarke further explained When a a. man stays In the Ule stocks too long his arms and legs swell and then thenh thenh h he h has to toe to be e taken to the hospital for tor treatment He remarked d This is a prison I camp not a. a a hote W We do the best we can by the men We get the very verv lowest vest clement A AU 11 prisoners prisonerS- In Clarkes Clarke's camps are compelled r to bathe twice a week They hey are fed tea three times Twice a week said the super super- superintendent superintendent super super- lent the men get fresh fish and fresh meat They have all the helpings they want The prison commission has called wardens county physicians an and l lother other Int Interested rested officials Into the December conference at which a aban aban aban ban on further use use of stocks stocks' and sweat boxes will b be discussed |