| Show Detention Home Head Says Leniency Causes Boy Crime Repeaters Contends Wayward Way Youth Cannot Be Reformed Reformed Re- Re formed by Being Confined for Short Period of Time Editors Editor's Note Nott This Is the sixth ot of a series of articles by a Telegram staff writer on Utah's juvenile crime problem Treat a juvenile first offender too leniently and he may become a repeater That Is the conclusion reached by J. J S. S Salisbury superintendent of the S Salt lt Lake boys boys' detention home after handling man many cases Most of the boys are released a afew a afew few hours after being admitted to the home Mr Salisbury said Frida Fri Fri- da day Im not surprised they come comeback back again soon soon- They are not given n enough h time to think things over be lore fore beIng permitted to return to the environment that caused them to go wrong in the first place We cannot reform a boy in three or four hours at the ho home j There was the case ot of on youth who according to the papers wa was arrested are ar- rested in Salinas Cal on a charge of robbing a service station He had been in the home overnight a few weeks before At that time he told me he got a thrill out of wrongdoing wrong wrong- doin doing and knew how he could make big bie money without working too tooh h hard rd Perhaps if he had been de de' tamed a little while here he would not be facing a serious char charge c In Cali fornia now Law enforcement official s seem reluctant reluctant re- re to handle juvenile eases cases We frequently receive telephone calls caUs from citizens who charge officials with passing the buck re regarding arding juvenile cases and and- The telephone rang Mr Salisbury took down the receiver He listened for a few moments then said I 1 wish you ou would repeat that just justas as you told It to me Theres There's a man here I 1 would like to have hear your story Mr Salisbury handed the receIver to the Interviewer This is the story Theres a boy out here 10 or 11 years old who went berserk in the schoolroom tore things up threw things and kicked his teacher in the stomach He went home got a butcher knife by telling his mother he was going to dig dandelions then went back to the schoolhouse and threatened to kill the thc After he was subdued he said I dont don't have to kill her here I can do It somewhere else This has been reo re Continued on Pe wo LENIENCY HELD HELP TO CRIME tern Watch on Younger Advocated to Curb Evils ue one p to the poUce who say juvenile case and the om- om cera who say its a police case What are we goIng to do about it The interviewer handed the telephone tele- tele phone back to Mr Salisbury I can go out and get the 00 fro Salisbury the party on the theother other end ot the line but he be turned loose in a few hours Records at the home show an increase in- in crease in recent years in of s bo-s detained at the home WithIn With With- In the last lve ears and months during Mr Salisbury's administration ad- ad ministration more than 2300 boys have been received at the home For Forthe the seven cars and one month im preceding there were 1673 boys detained Records of the home disclose that the majority of boys admitted church ot definite church preferences expressed by the boys closely parallel the percentages per per- of church memberships in Salt City Boya detained at th home attend Salt City In some in- in transportation and are by the county commis- commis sion School have ex- ex appreciation for the homes home's rood influence on recalcitrant boys Some want to abandon the home Mr Salisbury saId It is an anold old place is filling a need It has cleaned up many a bOYs bOY's and permitted him to a place in society Some want to substItute a of hoarding homes for the detention home For several years th detention home has been primarily a boarding home It Js not a There are no bars no cells no cat o All vie ask of the bos bo's b to be gentlemen |
