YOUNG "TOUGHS"
THE PROBLEM OF REFORM »
SYDNEY, November 24.
' A "half-way" institution for juvenile delinquents is urged by the Minister of Education (Mr. Drummond). The new system, he, hopes, will save many extreme cases among youthful offenders from gaol. '
"The existing 'home' system for 'tough' characters has been proved ineffective," said Mr. Drummond. "Escapes have been altogether too frequent during the last year. In most cases the boys who have broken away nave committed some criminal act. The Government does not want to send them to prison, but under the present system this is the only alternative. Honour systems are useless "where these extreme cases are concerned. <
"We propose to set up some new institution where the boys will be placed under firm restraint without the contaminating influences of prisons. Here they will be taught useful trades. Minimum sentences will be fixed at between two and three years to enable a lasting reform to be effected. In this 'half-way' house we hope successfully to combine the functions of the gaoler and instructor. That has failed in the present homes." Mr. Drummond and the Minister of Justice (Mr. Martin) are conferring with a-view to presenting an: early report and recommendation
Space for a display at the Centennial '.Exhibition has' been booked by the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association. The stand will be conI ducted in conjunction with the Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment League, and its organisers expect to be able to make a display that will be a surprising revelation of the growth of returned soldiers' organised activities. Such things as photographs of the work done by unemployed returned soldiers with the funds distributed by the association, and graphic illustrations of the growth of the association will be displayed, and the league will be able to show the work of the industries which it fosters. Possibly artificial poppies for sale on Poppy Day will be manufactured at the Exhibition.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 137, 7 December 1938, Page 11
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