PRISON RSFORM.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1466, 14 June 1912, Page 8

PRISON RSFORM.

, CHANGES IN CONTEMPLATION. ■ • ■ ; ■ j ■i irr>;.is:iVi-:J.M.vt, 'sTiVyi'i^i'KNTi:,' S.iifru ls-ijij; to .11 .n;poi:i'c'K i>n the .siibjofC ill* prison rc'io-Mi \ :.~ly. tin' lliin. ,1. ■' .\. " 1.1.-niiii.ti. '.Mim-Ii r fur .1 u.-liocj .-tji'i'tt thi!'!' .si. iviiiivl.iM" of ('.l.lan(yen: coiilpin^'>i p'hitt'M.l. was lo be - : Sct; ' nsiilil :l'oi: ifit'. Mrdcneil, 11 n.<( ni' . Tin- |;ri-on i< -trim;;, ■ V ai'iil ;c<>ntiiins ..\i;prk>hops. in. which Jtliiv' prisoners fen .lio Ki.ffl'iV isitiitj] «■:" ofiipToy--iiifipl: .of .iiiiiitliifc ~ t la-ill l.htoiig.lr. .tliV' .p.iVbiiV: -(i:eot>. A te.r. iff would ..■hVivo'' lo 'bp ii)iiugiii:utoi!:., liojcirt'- thi'il- cmil'dbe ilpnc it ,V\-oii.l'.l jo; lit*c'f r.\- (u pijiviiic ac- " cniiimod.ifion clsc.vliprV I'm: the 'j't-ninto ;'j) ri'Vt l l i.C-.coj fliii<- <lj ri.t (f*'V- - .... ton prison,iso to. sii.litl.i-pxor-. . ci.-r ynril .--n t : '.koji't- ■ M'(iari!i' l '!hir- iN-i-ting <» pioiViif :i recur- | . vi'iic.o. df lli.e' rpconl■; i.'i';oiiiil6 iit ;thnt^prispii'.: the icmaio pri •..oiiers wore removed j. from. jyjl'tijilf.o'ii Slic: '^rtipn.rqfi-XH^nriSbit. ■ I at: .'lirosioiit' o'f.tii'pioil b,v them' could lis. • I jiltjli.sccl sor the sUtoii'ir-ii sif male pn.-on-I pi-s wniiin;: trial or on nniand, a!-o for . youths prior to their removal. to' a re- | formative .prison. ..-i.'X..■ | The practice of confining male and fe-' : mule prisoners in the s-inu:..UiisUUn i had ■ . no.f; lie sni'ili, itrovpfl satisfae- ■ iory, ami' in :'r>.r.;lor l» overcome the d.ii'i-; ■ ; xi'i.!lv ill liiSf iliv.cctio.si .lie hail jhyfcp'rpr . "po'sflis. in vi'<>w. tine' was Unit the. ll'mir , cilin female pr.i.-.on reopened ami set. : I'pnrt inv the detention ni female pri-on- : The other ivos/ ; Hiat ; .:th&'Pune(lin, prison should lie sit. apart :fo£;.females am! a small number ol male-pri-oncrs oil '.undergoing: .sentences .of,. :sa'yy .■tliirty' (lay", am! under .'for •miliar oßeiices;.. Ily rcm»v- . feinaje p'.r.i.siiimrs: /from jQtliei' priso.us to- Djim'di'n \vQ.uiil''lks ; ii'on; .spa.cb 1 available for 1 he. eta-'ilka I ion o!' :. ijiiile; prjsoiiors in tub other^Jlirinns. Willi r.ogurd t<i the ' Inveicareill Ito,>foV in a t i.-vo ; P:'ifi o i "iy .hp. l liiul: '.'(leciilod'.. that', it should bp >el ai;art .finf irelji .for. I lie (le- : trv.tion of yniiths. utCli'V She ago i'V. da, .'yeaf.S' \viip ■hail iriit.piiced .to (Mtii.i'.i'.. ■ reform a five ■trpaUhoii't. A'or''.lirii'(l , : , la.boiiri ;.ai:d who haU p.ot Ijceli; I'urlhiTi lie hail (l<H-iile';l that, a pri::uipr. x'lninul I;.' allowed lo \vrift> and reccivt t»o . .Tetters a tiKuUh, pio.vidiii},' his oonducl has Ineu satisfactory, aiid. that ebnc-ponileiice i plioiilil be. forwarded.on' paper which i,'av.e i! 9. .iildica.tioii. : . t onrr(' ; .'(>f its : .' sV Tiiovp. varied: Tfi tion: :sca le' 1 /.dc- ; sirablo,. ami lie found, (hat this could lie dane by a >triflrrifc9!WiljConaV-^H'>:§''-w a .t, . he ;ha.s as'.;«l tor vecotiini.ciidati'o'iis on the. ■; : siibiect -frosii-. tlie difterent gaolers. ; ' Roijaluli.i.i'g : itli;o-;Droposal to: ; /hax(s ; ;a J.eea : l ■ piisoh Bp'.a rd i!i eiicll: to}'- jv: v ; "lior.e .. tliei;.e 1 :is a. prisori -for the ■.defpiition. p.f'ypi??} S; -Pyi." » ii'ntler- .i t-foriii i:oa.tiiioiitv : the. ■ Minister remarked that there was muchto be siiid in favcur of the proposal. .He was., disposp.d. to" think ./that as.:. t : ■oii '.local .lioards .ivo'iilit he'- necessarybijcli: ; a.board, he tlioiigli!, •-ho.uld.se'; each pri- ' sqiic'iv wateiv .hi? .progrcss v from month to month, and. only reeoni- ; liiVi release -u'lioii itv was personaHy satiffiod' that lie had benr sufficiently i:e; fornifd. ' At "the 1 present time ;iirisoneis petitions for r^leasewe^^ Central j!o;ird, . the members of whicli were, not in close touch with the . jir'soiievs : 'vi petitions t hey had to considev. .. ... !;: l> to the prdspnt it had not .hi en the ' ',c.Ustom\ to "asl-: .gaok;i'.s tp-rf-ji.ori-. as t.o the . .onn.diict J of ; ■ pr.isoheVs' ,ii itderjioing, reforma-:tiv.e-...tre.Fitindiijr..';?\ss:V"to* >yliet.lit'r, in their ' ■ -.6p|iVi'o'n,:"i'l.(jiViyoiic'i's'V ver ■.' formed to 'warrant !tlicir. roliMsi;-. Ho had now issued instructions, that, in all cases .whcre a. pvisniK'r . ; appiic(l' to..t lie bpartl.-foi' . release. a-',f'iill;"-x<il(ort ■: slioiild:; rrii'sliQ.A by tht> t;p.oicr : .^.iviiig : a full history of the prisoner- while in prisoii, .pispecially- .in veP. psrd to his comuict and and r lyiietlief '-he'' had takfih. adyaiitvigo' :of th.fl ' Jfiiiiiiit'ies; 1 off /for;;;i>iiprpy^nvcnE- and ' whether he 'was ssilfieiiMi'lv reformed to warrant his his- liberty.