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Show BMNH IDEAS Klnte llucul l.tiglnecr Talks of tin-Working tin-Working of Oinli-t. 'The Investigation of the nntlonnt (ommlttei- on prisons nnd prison labor la-bor Into the reliability of convicts nt work on ronds or nn farms shous thnt the nst majority of the sane an I nblebndled men now confined In penni Institutions. If properly hnndbd. enn le dependeil on tt wrfnrm the tiiiks set for them without the slightest ler or their escaping," Ira It Pro ! Ing. state nmd engineer "In (Nilnrnito, prisoners In ix large rood comps nrn oinitautly employed In the coitstrurtloii of r .ads. In eight yenrs they have built hnt Warden Tjnnn cnlls fifteen hundred mll"s .f proltnbly the most rfTfr. I hlglnsa. In the world. They nre also farming thousands of acres or land whl Ii pn.-dllce pn.-dllce flNid usetl bv the stnti litltll tlons. There are, Iioh ever, aim-it f.jut thonwind convicts In the state slum Idleness Is ruining In the hMoiis ienl teutlnrlea, nnd they should be employed em-ployed In building roads or on Mate farms. "The nntlonnt committee on prliis nml prison labor finds thnt through out the country there Is nn liurcsliig sentiment for the employment of convicts con-victs on ronds und fnrms to assist In relieving the food pressure whbh, be. cause of the wnr, confronts Hie nation." |