The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-29

destroyed, a. far as possible his former prison
Vss NV rsss g 81 o a.
, Mnas It has upon every citizen. and thus the
often Of
tery refuse to employ men who have been
criminals en1g 4 , and great deal 4, ain:
other band not 9 few employers, being human and
s,ssnsioIe, after all really have certain pity for
clrcnmatances and while they Keep watch unon
thcn, zee give them chance TO be useful And
~ y, we sfeat majority OF cases IL has been found
that the confidence Of employers has not been dts
placed.
CURIOUS CASES OF RrroRN.
jewelers. clerk Is now in the employ of the very
nrm from whom he stole $40 and tor which theft
ne was imprisoned Tor i've years. He gives per.
lecs SATISFACTION lisa cue since his return from prison
expiration 81 his second term to the ' Prison Asso
LIVING to earn he would reform. rho Asso-
S Sl,n 1 procured clothing for him and gave
FOR him with house in this city.
with whom he has been Tor several years, ana WHO
young man, well educated, Committed forgery
and served . five years. term in State prison. lie
had had been previous to MS crime the CONFIDENTIAL
after serving out his sentence was utterly unable
70 procurce employment. lie would undoubtedly
Tor The Prison Association. He Ia now the ship
ping clerk OF large irn, VINO are highly pleased
for six and one-haf years for burglary. aud who
worked at the foundry While in prison. has since
ondry ana IS cap.s n an iron
y young man was sentenced to the Penitenriary
for SIX months for petty larceny. After Ills dis
desperate BY lack OF funds and want OF work was
on the eve OF committing burglary, when he Oh.
tanned work. on promises OF reform, through the
agency OF the Prison Association. He is now earn.
ing 5000 wages ana Is trusted by mis- employers.
sa 49, ~ for
ing sadder III suburban town. A man. fifty years
Old, who served two and half years Tor grand
larceny, IL now, though an Old man, In q respect.
able and thriving position. being saved from shame
and suicide by the Prison Association. A sailor,
battery, afterwards obtained position as second
mate on trading vessel, and IS now on the high
e eSs IN o ssase To served
worked IN the shoeshop while there, is now the
respected foreman OF one OF our largest shoeshops
and similar Instances could be multiplIed-each
ana an Of them creditabe alike to human nature
and the American system.
vlcts, VINO are thus beneyolently aud wisely
treated, make good employees, but one man, a
these discharged convtcts Oh the hands Of the
Prison Association, prefers them to any others,
having written to the Prison Association agent
"jt You nave any more men like those You sent me
send them along" Even hardened convlcts have
been reformed under the gentle Influences OF
the American system. One man, who served Jour-
teen years ana ten months for highway robbery, Is
now In an honorable position, works hard and is
well paid while another criminal who has been
three times In prison. has yielded at last to the
Prison Association, has obtained work through its
agency, and gives satisfaction TO his employer.
IN several Instances employers who have made
use OF these discharged and repentant convicts
have not hesitated, from their experience Of them,
to recommend them 70 other people, and these
letters OF recommendation nave been couched in
the strongest terms.
come under the influence OF the prison Association
are those without friends, money or social posi-
tion; but even in some cases OF convicls or q
casionaliy OF great use.
A young convict, WHO had been dlsowned by his
Prison Association, and through its agency OBJ
tanned confidential position, whose duties ne
evidences OF his reform, his family consented to
receive him again.
"DErAiSED' AND FEMALE PRISONERS.
But the kindly Influences OF the Prison Associa-
ton are not limited to the care OF convcts alter
punishment they also embrace the care OF prison.
oners.n Where It Is a "lrst onence' every effort
Is used to obtain suspension OF SENTENCE or
..mitIgatlon Or punisshment;m and where there is
unable to Fay Tor counsel, counsel Is furnished by
the Prison Association. Hundreds OF instances
parsment t o. rs worss so0u '0n0 u '''s
Ihcre is also women's Prison Association. a
o ''homen at 2is Tenth avenue known as s'rhc
Isaac 7. Hopper Home, where discharged female
porary work until supplied with more permanent
situations
SUGGESTIVE FIGURES.
SUCH Is the good work of the Prison Association
OF New YORK., which ls the first and the leading or
ganIzatIon OF the kind in the world and the MODEL
upon which all other similar State associations
have been founded. Its supported chiefly by yolun.
tary contl buttons. aided by an occasional though
small. contribution from the stare government
1t has only one saiaried officer, h salary being
less than $4,000 per snnum. and has. two very
modest offices, In the Bible House and In Centre
street, near the City Hall. It's members visit
yearly every prison In the state, sixty county
Jalis, six peitenJarlcs and three STATE prisons,
and have an o1icial rank as INSPECTORS or County
Prisons" They have tie charge or sometimes 600
prisoners q month, and extend MD to sometimes
1000 prisoUcrsa year. During twenty-five years
they have aided ls,SC7 discharged prisoners with
board clothing, toois, railroad tickets or money;
have obtained for d,13o prisoners work and situa-
tions-lnaking total or 22,446 prisoners mate
rally, and therefore morally, benefited by these
truly Christian and civizing agencies. During
an average year the expenses Of this Prison Asso.
ciaueD DO not exceed 5000, wkilc the amount of
money or moneys worth disbursed to convicts or
cx-conyicts ranges II om twice to many times that
sum.
Whether considered from the points OF theory
or practlcc whether regarded from moral or civil
point OF view, the Prison Association OF New
York, therefore, as an Illustration OF tho American
system OF dealing with discharged coIyicta. one
OF those very distinctive American INSTITUTIONS OF
which an American can feel Justly proud.