Show Correcting Physical Defects o of Convicts The state bo board rd of corrections is considering the question of whether the to correct medical medic l s nt tate state te should attempt defects found in prisoners when they are admitted to the state stale penitentiary or confine medical attention to the treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment of ailments which develop in the prison Oscar W W. Lowder and W. W Keith Willon Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- son lon parole officers argued for the former former former for for- for for- mer course They contended that men be placed in jobs and could more easily t I hold them If t they ey were in good health and had no obvious defects such as' as poor teeth def defective vision etc at the time of their release There is much to be said for this this' L view Reh Rehabilitation is an important objective of f penal administration Enlightened Enlightened En En- lightened penal practice seeks through education vocational training and and mental and emotional corrective action to fit the convict for fora a return to society as a law abiding citizen We spend quite a abit abit abit bit of money in one way or another to accomplish such rehabilitation within prison n walls We spend a good deal more to supervise the activities of a prisoner after he is paroled It is well established that obvious physical al defects have a bad influence on the individual tending to make him hima a delinquent youth or r an adult criminal Such a physical weakness as a hernia ulcers or some chronic debilitating disease disease disease dis dis- dis- dis ease could easily ma make e it impossible fora for a man to hold down a steady job I It would appear that physical re rehabilitation rehabilitation rehabilitation re- re i habilitation is just as important as as social social social so so- cial vocational or emotional rehabilitation ta lion tion in as assuring that an ex-convict ex will go straight The difference between a law abiding citizen and a r recidivist t n means ans' ans ansa a good deal financially to society ty If correction of physical defects would keep a convict from returning to crime after his release release release re re- re- re lease it would be a profitable investment invest invest- ment mente 1 r r L. L |