The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-01-14

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II The proportion III criminals u prpaiA.
,lsn remains A. nj prevent and ~ can
hardly expect this proportion h IL M.
.eFiaily diminished shc penItsntiary Il
Fort Madison will be IltIcJ " The ilmita
that may ~ probably cArsl fof under
one management, and the Additional
l'enlscntlary viii Ind IT. accommcda.
tions Ipr convIcls In fiil demand. Now
Auggrsi t.At the Bsate tfy In iss main
features thc experiment, III prison dis.
ciptine which has been found ID work
10 admirably To other countries. Hay
We should use tho pcniicntiAsy n foft
Madison Tor NIL convicts properly class.
lied "A Of d criminal nature. La the
Additional penitentiAry 10 Tor those
who do not belong III this clssa--thoae
whose crimes consisted In giving Way 70
sudden passion, Or Who had fallen from
having come into tho presence 81 IN
unlookcd-for temptation. And then,
gradually, those who have boon held
With the criminal class, especially youths
convicted of 4 first oilense, after I pro.
stationary schooling under tho rigorous
discipline Of Fort Madison, and upon
Ahowing satisfactory progress In refof.
nation, could be transferred 10 tho
prison Of = mil,lcr discipline, and where
tho inmates might safely and probably
exercise more enlarged personality
than could 10 permitted 70
the entirely unrctormcd. Tho
Irish system OF probationary prisons
takes Tho convict through several intsr.
mediate ciassiacationa during his
psnitentiary life, and finally, whom dis.
charged, no Ii still partially supervised
by system Of tickets.nt. leave, until he
inds Lis place 10 society. Al Lusk, In
Ireland, some seventy or eighty prison
era arc employed In agricultural labor,
oil Of whom nave graduated through
the rigorous discipline of the intcrmsdl.
atc prisons, and reaching this LAST stAgA
In the reforming process they arc bore
held In subsection by the moral inhu-
cnce Of tbs manager, without walls 70
hcdgs them Or guards - lntlmldats
them. This illustrates what moral and
intellectual training may do tor tho
most hardened. am thoroughly con-
vinced TINT vi h proper IN 4nagcmcnf ;
tair proportion 81 MI persons convicted
Of crime may DO reformed. Tho daily
routine labor of the prison for those who
havo never buen taught habits ~ Indus
try; the night school Tor thosu who have
been Ialsel Ia Ignorance; tho sunday
school, and ministfatloas aud friendly
visits 81 tho chaplain, for those who
have nsver been taught thu way ri I
higher life; and tho cheering words
81 encouragement from generous hearted
prison officers; Will Ill cltur ~ elements
Into The experience aud education which
may he mndc 20 transform IL lives 0l
even criminals. But will - old fhat
this Will cost, aud that society II I'M
willing ~ suffer tho depredations N
criminals, and then pay money 10 Gdu-
cato them. II Il by no means certain,
when you take into consideration the
uiminution Vi crime from syatsm that
will reform mcn instead OF turning
them Oh. 10 repeat their old crimes, aud
III view VI tho TACT that the penlten.
tiary containing tho partially reformed
Will require comparatively light walla
and few guards, aud will contain pris.
0neis who msy bc worked probably
outside the yard, that thcro Will hu any
additional expense In tho system pro.
posed. hut IL IL should cost, IN bssin
with, something more than under pres.
compensate ~ lcsscni0g crime In ths
State hut | only hint NJ reforms with
present inviting folds Tor argument, and
winch deem worthy tho best thought
and the earnest attention vi lu9islat0r1
~ ~ enlightened agc and progressive
State.
Tik nKvonM SCHOOL.
IN harmony With tho fofcg0ing thco,
rles relative to prison management, the
btAlo established q reform school lOs
vicious and incotriglblc youths 1t EIdoss
10 Hardin county. Tho board Of trus.se1
and superintendent have stated Ia their
reports the condition and nneds Of THU
school. ! would respectfully invite
your attention - their suggestions.
They deem Il important that ihs con.
tsmplated main building should be In.
n,edlascly erected, and estimate IL cost
y $4,000. This will permit the build.
Ing now occupied ~ headquarters ~ b.
,iscd IN : general shop (iha purpose fO1