PRISON REFORM.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 29, 22 September 1911, Page 9

PRISON REFORM.

Tlae following letter lias been forwarded to Sir John Findlay, Minister of Justice :— "Sir, —I was incarcerated in Lyttelten jail, seven days' with hard labor, for breaking a city by-Law. While there I discovered that prison reform was a farce, and that men were degraded and punished by a , prison system worthy of barbarians, and I wish to inform you that I am heartily ashamed to know that in New Zealand; with our boasted superiority, such a state of affairs exists. If I can manage to visit "Wellington within the- next few weeks, I trust to have an audience with yon and have a heart to heart talk. In the. meantime, however, there is a case of dtleged miscarriage of justice which I ask you, in the name of humanity, to investigate. I am forwarding you the man's own statement, which should receive your immediate attention. —I remain, yours in the caxise of justice,, Fred. R. Cooke." We shall publish next week a second letter from the inside of jail, as secured by Mr. Cooke.