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Show AI.lltJIIMI 1M11I r OF lOMIirS IN M.U C11K. Tnc prison pulatlou of Kew York laalatniliigly on the Increase. His ce IBM It ha been nearly Vi lercent. The total prison puhtloii of the Blatv at the clcae of t he last fiscal ) ear was .1,011, and of the number 1,3(2 were 5 yeara old and younger. Mr. Lewi, chairman of the execu tlve Committees of the New Yolk I'rlsou Association, when spoken to about the feailul Increase of convicts, I admitted that such was the rase. He attributed It, however, to the lax manner man-ner lu which thocountyjillsarecon-ducted. thocountyjillsarecon-ducted. Iloya are thrown Into these places for the allghlest misdemeanors, and are pemilttel to consort with hardened criminals The result Is that on their dlschargo they adopt a life of eilme In real earnest, Mr. Louis thlnka that Judge should be In vested with eertalu rerogatlvca In sentencing Juvenile criminals. First oflences ought to be condoned under certain condition. |
