Show r Mo Move Loe e to io Aid Youth opinion holds that efforts E JD to reclaim the youth who has hns taken falcon his first step along the path of c crime im are seriously handicapped when his imprisonment throws him contact with hardened criminals One need be neither a so sociologist ol gist nor 1101 psychologist to reason the thc matter natte 40 n. Many judges faced with the thc duty of pronouncing sentences upon young offe offenders d rs hesitate to confine them with timers old sensing ng the likelihood that at the thc association will be equivalent to a course in ina a crime school This provides es an incentive for courts to impose sentences and suspend d them to give i e und unduly tl short sentences or to turn them loose Many rallY thoughtful judges arc are able to offer a Sound defense for far t this is attitude attitude atti atti- tude though admitting that humane co consideration considers considers- sidera tion ion has outweighed even cven handed cd justice I It is a Dark Age notion that PU punishment is the only end sought in imposing hues fines and sentences to confinement When Then an unrepentant tant evildoer is freed upon completion of his term it is questionable whether society has hns gamed gained anything at all except that an enemy has las been prevented from carrying on his ne nefarious ie- ie farious business for a time and possibly that the penalty has lIas impressed others to to deter them from yielding to a cL criminal minal impulse The important gain is when justice succeeds in effecting rehabilitation qt t t the same time it is awarding so society its full due ih hI protection as aswell V well weil as enhancing respect for law and order This large measure of benefit is seldom re rc re- re allied In so 80 far ar as the young crim criminal nal and especially espe espe- daily the first offender is concerned the directors directors di di- r rectors o of the Salt Lake district of the Utah Federation of V T clubs make a a. wholesome wholesome whole whole- some move moye when th they ask the ask the board of county commissioners missioners to undertake to provide segregation segregation segre segre- gation in the county jail Mindful l of the need for economy in county affairs the do not propose that a separate institution be pro provided ded but suggest that space available in be put in condition to this type of delinquents Th The petition is deserving of thoughtful ul study by the the hoard hoard board prospecting eve every possibility pf 4 carrying ing the project through Curbing mg the fhe alarming growth of criminal tendencies of youth is a n major jor lem Every enterprise which holds promise o of solving it should be furthered by all aU socially socially so so- dally conscious individuals ls and groups |