| Show new federal prison to have home surroundings sunbury Sun hury pa modern ideas in penology will be practiced in the new federal prison at lewisburg the very atmosphere will be in keeping with advanced humanitarian ideas the plans reveal the first arst din aim of the government officials in charge ot of the erection of me die institution was to make it homelike united states superintendent of 0 prisons hates bates said on a recent visit here lie re the government holds options on 1100 acres between lewisburg and W west V at milton and Is expected to devote I 1 1000 00 acres to the prison property in addition to the lie buildings necessary there was to be provision for a large farming arming tract to give the prisoners employment and make the institution us as self supporting as ag possible in carrying out the homelike atmosphere the plans called for rooms tor for the confinement of the prisoners replacing the cells used in other prisons the stigma of prison life was to he be removed as much as possible without relaxing to dangerous extent t the discipline necessary to prevent d disorder it was expected that the construction work would start this fall with the clearing and the grading of tho the site selected |
