Show I ILL ft STUDY I ELFARE t Of J DELINQUENTS f f 1 t t and Reforma d Jive e Measures to Be Con Con- by Experts SEEKS MORE HORE EQUAL JUSTICE lie e of Parole n eter ni- ni late ate ato Sentence f Investigated t 4 fly fl- fl I Ii y J J. HAS HASKIN IN i hav i rho The recent outbreaks out which cetera penitentiaries p C c cs 4 r i in q e. cral in Wyoming darin during the th h hi those i i JY i have ha naturally caused J j- j o citizen to give hc nore consid consid- ration to 0 tho methods of or dealing with wit J S au delinquents and iho bo means taI ta ta- I to protect the public from froni tho the cf cf- JF r j r of ot their wrongdoing g. g DUj the American Prison rIson i j opens its annual an con cn i i Baltimore today todar will nil l have a ae e its liberations f lati more in in public lime lime- f th than n is usually the cr ca-cr c This his I i 17 which owes its existence II I I C 1 International Vr prison rison son c congress iU tt i jn in in is com com- tel of or Sll U 11 the thc different bodies bodies' inter inter- led r A d jn in reform and tb thc tho safety u il of the prisoners prisoners' ri as noil e l 4 10 e prevention pre of or tho crimes foy J plo are consigned d to fa terms It includes as aux aux the National Wardens ns' ns a a s' s cia eia Iw T f tb jC sl i r. r bc Prison Ih ass cit ch- T d several cral pt M In addition tion 1 the local organizations in j the theS c cI I S lt cities n for for- 4 tho v aid id A fIr S l. l fl ij a c w c t 4 is conducted i underline und r f lie di Jori gm Df r a. a i Ji cor cOrn com e 1 h ic i charge of tho snob lines inc as 5 crim r 1 u reform p prison pison ison discipline d lu fo fn n antI and probation ll and r nd d parole arole discharged ed prisoners iiLo crime cri 1 and include several 8 ral special pe r j Committees for or t bc a ai i f t ubi ct t. t of or prison labor Jabol kind and tho io conditions 1 or of j iJ lockups and I s stations At t tr present s Dt t the 9 entire ie Moc ati n is i agreed recd upon three prin- prin which bj h b will iII form orm the basis basin of p the the- th of pt the present prin principles ipes pt s' s sale ale aie tb The Thc ad- ad cantues of at the t cc th the Jr proper p r use of or the tho parole nd d too bO o value alae of probation Justice ueL tIce e id Iii irI Method r Tho indeterminate d' d nc has been pUO oDo ucc to b bp the only really just j y M-y i- i pt dealing d with vidi idu 1 of- of of all 11 classes in in a 1 i it wakes makes nak s it possible for lor a aJr f ner to I limit Olit his own confinement Kit r Jr d 5 not flot leave ll to tho t j c the tho re re- of or lixi z tho the term o of int- int ri definitely but rather rathel to tu iho h hf prison OD authorities who como come in n daily contact t with tho thi and k Q tho probabilities of bIB bis reform b observing iXl his bis' general character i fh Tho present ent law 11 may fix the tho term of bf f t. t r for far r th the t umi r regard to the be circumstances at lc l uJ up to tu it iL but the to c will p permit mit a vr lo er t perhaps n for a first offense Up borlon n h f term 1 if h ho bu sho shoys s Wt te fk recent ase that tI e u up ate are thoe of twp two inca pen Ern en lii ill for tori The one U au an oil who t raised the thet t lue It of B. B bill by pasting It a cipher cut from a calendar lIe He Tibia rn 1 r skillfully and passed pa a b of or the e huH bills upon ct J J Li ti II ia iu small email towns tos He lie IM I'M trailed t flo cral states beof bert be be- of rt he as Dually captured calt J u l br t tp court ourt It happened that thit t lift before whom h ho hw w was is-aa J tried fra if HU tu oM oJ wan Ulan and unusually t The culprit waa sa lE nto ll d' d to 0 lir A fc few month IR cr a n young r jy i in th ht tat stale waa ra a t bro brought before Ue e amo arn mo 4 urt charged c with witTi counter counter- I si a no 0 tent Dt piece picc A new ju judge Jc was A s' s iu in charge hage h r e who b in o S eo Yli r boy bor Yf for his bis first of of- fen L J was Jas as given fiVe tiyo years for th t the n parn ar l crime for wn which h the older ohler off of of- f r c only a slight ight sentence f l Aro Me Effective J n Tip parole system m is already ahead in i op op- n ia jn many man manAm American Am rican prisons The rhe IZ w nor of ot a western tita atac e c Ims' Ims gone PI to to the tho th length len tb of vi sending men Ji honor tC to distances s of or thirty ilea or wore inure to work upon tho road or other 1 public work At t I H S leniency W was 5 greatly exploited but l developed elop d within the tho past few 1 that in at least on ono case cac a y of or paroled men were unworthy ot of the confidence reposed in them A plant was wn discovered in t o s s' s back of where here they were cre ting Arond road anti and they had bad induced J C JOme e 1 outside rne men to take charge 0 of r it hii hia ill ijan a unusual occurrence how bow e cr an ana must not 1 be bC 6 used d a against the tty t Tho 3 J Ole as utilized in the tho fed ersI r 1 5 ot i the country country- has as pr proved only onh of ot good rood and ai its itsUe suc- suc Ue tel teti fa i fir c credited 1 t to the fact that the paroled i p I sonere while not ou under er are ar x jj visited frequently and nd rt- rt Co on 1 2 2 WILL ST STUDY DY- DY WELFARE ARE OF OI D DELINQUENTS Continued from page e 1 During the past year vear there have been four hundred d federal ral prisoners pris rel released s as d on parole and si six of these violated it According to o tho the reports pre presented from the state tat institutions in which the parole is in use usa about 15 per cent violate it Yet this lii is a 3 good showing and one that pr proves ve i its s value alue if gwen n under uDder c r tam lain limitations In the f federal deral prison on a t man will be ba paroled only after aitel careful il It Lt Ill st bo known wn that ho is if O int into certain n employment a and d some j. j bl ble bIe man a acting as 39 first friend must his good conduct In addi tion to this a constant surveillance is kept as 3 long as may be bo deemed ae desir lr able It is foil felt by the moro more conservative conservative conserva conserva- tive prison o officials that to allow v a or a 3 number of f men to go o outside of the prison limits n their honor alon alone is s 8 t iDA too great reat a ri risk k for t the e safety of the tho community as well welt as placing a astron stron strong temptation before the tho prisoners themselves Thoro Thero are maD many cases casc's on on record however in which it has worked out satisfactorily Tho probation system is ia similar to 10 the parole in that it permits persons to to live outside of ot the prison confine confiDe so lon long as S tho they thoy aro are properly employed excepting that it applies to persons before t iy are arc com committed d giving mv- mv ing t them cm an opportunity to escape con con- This is th the system which has been becu so so successfully used in the juvenile courts for delinquent ent children and it has been tried with good results for tor a arge number Dumber of adult dut off offenders The greatest difficulty about its general adoption i 15 the probation officers who would have hac to be bo provided pro to carry it into into nto effect Pro From roni 1 an nD e economic standpoint tand stand point it is it especially good as the offender of of- fender working outside of the prison is 3 entirely self supporting instead of b bID beng be- be ID inga ng a tax upon the state date at Convict Road Builders The utilization ou of convict conict labor tabor for roads oads and ol other public w works 1 is a mattar matter mat mat- ter tar calling forth a great Variance of opinion pinion it has bop been done with pith lent results in n 1 a number er of at states tes In Georgia I especially i in hi Fulton tOD county there hero is 15 A of public roads roada built buu l b bv hr cO convicts t ch which h has ls become the bo pride of the state The i same may bo be said of Vir Virginia it tras TU arranged that counties desiring 1 t to ti e their roads road sho should ld tb the raw raw material and tb he the state would supply ly convict labor Imbor JL I t has hu been found however that in many instances ho tho cost of conveying prisoners ners some sonic distance to the work an and of maintaining guards over them while at work was more expensive than to hire outside laborers There Ther ro are ee sev era eral 1 other objections entering into the utilization utilisation of convict labor o of tho the prison some cont th that t it t lowers low er ers tho the price of work for other laborers The system 3 tem of oC leasing f prisoner i to contractors con cen I tractors which a few years ago BitO was BO 60 o prevalent in a i of states tate is being be meg ing gradually overcome G Georgia r a abolished abol abet it by law Jaw r a-r before it a arranged Tan ed to utilize the work ork of con convicts in road makin making In lit the federal prisons prison the prisoners ers are employed upon iII improvements ments' ments u upon n tho the buildings and may be transferred from rom ono eric prison to another dj acco-dj according g to the need of their services There are three e federal prisons ns in tho the United d States These aro arc designed to accommodations for offenders against federal l 1 laws ws w and re regulations Counter f felting itin smuggling and aDd violations of the thi postal re regulations lations and bankin banking r laws lair come under utter this h head bead ad a as do also aIse in hi fring ment it upon the laws prohibiting U tho tIo o white slave traffic which have hae been passed d BO so generally durin during the past two tw years years When persons are re convicted o of transporting white Iwhite slaves from on one state stata to another nother it becomes becom s a violation of f interstate law Jaw and is is therefore a fed fed- oral erat offense T Three Federal Prisons Tho i two o mo most t important f fedora doral pris ops lire are aro nt sit t Atlanta and nd Fort Leavenworth Leaven Lea worth and ind there 55 a third IS smaller one ODO located rt t McNeil Vand nd in it h state of or Washington None of these at nt prep pre cut ent nt has accommodation for or women prisoners pris so sp most of t the cx women Nomon offenders a against federal laws S aro arc confined COnfiDed in instate instate instate state institutions The majority of the tho inmates in th O pr prisons C come C from the of Columbia Colombia because eat any in infringement in of law in In other places would bo ho punishable lc by b- con confinement in ina a local Joeal institution in tho the vicinity of the tho national capital becomes a federal offense Consequently a servant girl who steals from her mi mistress tress in Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington ia is a f federal prisoner pi upon th the sune same amne level Ie with tho the banker who by viol violation vio io l lation tion of banking bl rl regulations acquires a a. million n or more mor of ot other peoples people's s 's dollars Tb There is much being done dono in the way a I of improving tho the relous ous and educational privileges provided idd for tor tho pris pris- The chall chaplains aro are endeavoring to give i e Ie less sentimental inal cant aue and more practical help Tho The s selection of books booke for the prison o Jj library t i k n now w made mado with witha a real roal consideration o on of h helpfulness Incidentally Incidentally In cide it should hould b bo be l laid said Raid that th the visits of religious women Imen to the math male convicts ids in the tho penitentiary is becoming becom- becom in ing looked upon upon with disfavor unless it t Ina may b be to address addres s or to sin sing to thom themen tho the m men u. u as a. a b body d The custom of ot mittin women n. n to toach trach in ID the prison I Sunday schools is IS al also regarded with I disfavor The condition of the released prisoner pris oner is an n ever cr pr pregnant subject for fOT co consideration consideration- It is believed cd that a n aman aman man who has been beeD a convict con stands a better beHer chance chanc of success in his if be ho hi bis own OTO name and makes makE'S an spoliation to bit havo bave yO his hf richt of citi citi- restored to him hin hinS as S will willbe willbe be bp done in In c every ry r really deserving T case COSO While this na may r require some courage at the beginning 1 ilia h man is is' is not then haunt haunted d b by fear of e exposure as when he takes an assumed name me and his hia ultimate ulti mate chance of f su success is greater Monday Monda I IN N NATIONAL LEAGUE E |