New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-11
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THE HOME FOR DISCHARGED FEMALE
CONFLICTS.


The Judge by his sentence condemns the euprt to be
convict the Tailor by his discharge, condemns the con-
Wet to be an outcast When man leaves his prison he
carries with him the hope of pardon from the Judicial
sentence of his own society and the certainty Of succor in
obiterang all recoectons of his oense by emgratng to
other cities in States remote from the scenes of his unlawful
actions Not SO the female convict II she be penitent
if while incacerated she has the folly and misery of
criminal career if she longs for arestorao1 70 vrtuous
fethen is she of all beings the most sincerely to be
ped It's saddenng to see female convict without any
hope of escape from degradation except through the dismal
doorway of premature death. 1t IS borrowing to ones
heart hear member though in disgrace, OF
the gaddening sex-cure the world and defy Fate fear
ing death while wishing for its coming oathing vicious
life which she soon to return corrupted and to cor
rupt Such is the impenitent Uniortune.
She discharged and returns to the City praying that
its people may have pity her and m her up in this her
fallen state What does she meet with Longing for sym
paihy che finds cold suspicion you have snned says tho
Priest You arc an and deserve your punishment
says the Levte both psss her by the other side What
is her success with her own sex Let lady
Woman" says Mrs. Kirkland, lis the natural and
God appointed aid Of woman in her needs tho woman
that feels not this has yet to learn her mission argh
Among the precious of womans rights is the right
but in its favor every law of felowfeeling, Of lib
eral kindness of modesty and proprety Sad it is that
fallen roman hops less from her sisters than from her
byoftcrs-that il is difficult to convince her OF
womans forgiveness than of mans Gods. IL is time
this were altered. Ii is time that women-excused from
many of the duties assumed by the other sex
should consider themselves as a community having
special common needs and common oblga
tons, which it is a shame to them to
turn aside from under the p plea Of lna 5i
grace is the proper object Of care TO he happier and safer
mart Of her ser Not to stretch forth to her the helping
bapdno to labor for her restoration to respectaby-
defan har shield
tempaion-is consent to her degradation, and TO be-
come in some sense party TO her rum Because, from
the very nature of the case If women deny her claim
abe has no natural friend; who can fully sympa
thize with her. or whose countenance and aid Will In
cline the world in her favor
Enough we think has already been advanced to prove
that without speedy and effective aid the sole resource Of
the discharged female convict lies in return to her former
criminal life That the imperative duty OF every man
10 contribute the convios reformation it will be imposs
BILE for any one to deny who believes in the divinity of Him
who said Il come not call the righteous but sinners to
~repenance" and was sent to the lost sheep Of the
house Of Israel
Let us now proceed to relate what practical measures
have been hitherto adopted to reclaim the penent female
prisoners.
IMPRESSED with the importance of providing home for
conycts especially for female prisoners after their dis
charge in order remedy the otherwise inevitable evil OF
repeated ecommiments The Board Of inspectors Of the
State Prison at Sing Sing proposed in 1874 the Organza
ton Of a Prison Association These men, who we're mi
nutely acquainted with the eecof the Lasez are dogma
when applied the condition Of the discharged prisoner
in making their appeal to the public, said
is Of FREQUENT occurrence that prisoners afford salts
factory evidence Of sincere repentance and earnest desire
to reform yet when they go forth into the world they
and subject temptations 10 sarve or steal oiteh
the only alternative presented to them The power OF
specors afford relief in such cases confined by law 70
/ ,ta moro uitfarce of 90 10 each person
Although they the only Board who have aided in this
holy enterprise the foregoing satemen: has been ndOrsed
h, MANY American and European prison officials
prison officials in London and Paris, says Mrs Kirk
land and those who have given the fullest attention 70
the case and condition Of the prisoner both before and
after his discharge the members OF our Prison AS
socaon that without institution like ours al that can
be done for the prisoner during hs incarceration Is use
less NJ Panisse the intelligent and benevolent Gov
ernor Of the great female prison of st Lazare in Par'
spoke 10 one Of members Of home for the
female conyicts q necessary adjunct or complement
of prison discipline provision against recomnnmsnl,
which public authority ought to abandon TO priyae
benevoience since it is demanded by fe painest dictate
ofexpediency
Although the last extract anticipates argument what
On artistic penman would have embodied in the perorston
OF hi. article we have inserted il in this place because It
sengthens our plea that it is no, only necessary to do
something for this outcast class who have 20 long been
overlooked but that such provision would be PronsOe
one in pecunary point of view, and because
ps-as Fohie says Of so certain OIL Sue
cess when they address the people that they may win PEI
feet ,ay despse the puere Of rhetorcians we DC
eve that is the duty Of our City Government to provide
sntererneda and trcnedia measures to prevent the
increase of criminals and We hope our ke'orm common
Council will take the necessary steps thet are reqa-
site 10 eject this end But the author Of BOndse re
marks the great question Ct hie always T. What Shau We
do in the meantime Between opinion and T. aeon
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