Brigham City Bugler | 1891-08-08 | Page 2 | Reforming Prisoners

Reforming Prisoners. There is one fact in connection with prisoners and punishment that has been positively established; that is, that it it possible to transform these schools of crime into schools for reformation and education. The record of prisoners returned re-turned to prison after one term of service to the state has heretofore been from 80 1 to 90 per cent. This percentage has been reduced by the methods for mind and j body culture adopted by tho Elmira reformatory re-formatory to 15. This 15 per cent, may ! yet be decreased farther when raw. legislators legis-lators will consent to let tbo expert managers man-agers quite alone, after giving them requisite state aid. The suppression ol crime can be secured only by the sup- pression of criminals. They must be transformed into honest citizens. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.