PRISON REFORM.
The idea that the criminal tendency j is an evidence of disease is widely, [ bnt not universally, accepted, and I the conversion of gaols into reformatories is often suggested by writers on criminology. But experience shows that we must move cautiously in this direction. It would be easy to increase the cost of prison administration very materially without producing better results in the reform of criminals than are obtained under the present system. We should not object (says the Lyttelton "Times") to an increase of expenditure if the Minister is satisfied that there are prospects of good results, and Dr Findlay, of course, is not likely tu enter upon a new policy without careful consideration. It is probable that his tour of inspection will even enable him to economise in this department. At any rate, the movement of population of late years suggests that the distribution of the existing prison staif ought to receive his attention.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3119, 20 February 1909, Page 4
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158PRISON REFORM. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3119, 20 February 1909, Page 4
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