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Hokitika Guardian, 17 October 1925, Page 4

PH ISt i\'- N K\Y STY !.!•:. I .(.IN I JON, Aug. 14. Wakefield Pri-ou. v. nu ll two year.-, ago was tran.-lornied into the lirst training centre lor tiie treatment and re-geiu-ratinn of convicted men. was yesterday visited by about Si I delp.ai.-s of the International Prison Congress, who were keenly interested in the experimental elferts tu.w being made at the institution for the to,Tarnation u; those who are still considered to he among tlie •■hi.pelui" class of criminals. Tile onto lot-bidding interior of ike gaol is now relieved in many ways. Flowers adorn the rooms, the word "eoll" has been abolished. ami the terms ■•warders" and "prisoners" have bei-n replaced by ’ <sflic--f-" and "men." Solitary confinement has been done away with, and there i~ u> restraint. on conversation at meal times in the common dining rooms, although order must be maintained. The men pub m nine It airs work a | day in the various shops, and they have about three hours recreation or educational exercises. The experiment is t) teach the nteit to "play tit - game.” Air Patterson, one of his Majesty's Prison Commissioners, who explained the system to the delegates, s:\id "it y"u treat a man like an animal lie will behave like an animal, but it you treat him as a man in Pi) eases out of ICO be will rise to the suggestion and behave like a. man."