Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-10-13

g.eI9-5-. aut most elaborate section o
Governor F.alluas's exceedingly able and
c.mpr.ie...se message is that devoted to
the c1,.3.l.d.n OF the jail system Of the
State, 4..I statement Of the steps he deems
1t sI,.~-le 10 take .lr IL reform. These
arc sul-uuti'''v as follows That debtors
aud minor TENDERS lie sent to workhouso.
I, B.. established in connection with the
Reform School, that the jlils should be
Owned ami CONTROLLED by the State, and
should Dr.; r. used for all classes OF crimi-
nal. ir-t,.as should be assigned persons
charged wi,l gac class or crime, to another
those ,farz3 with another class, and so on,
each lawn. s- Gar as practicable inmates OF
the -mc degree or oIiminality, that each
Jail has. 81 library, fla. the prisoners be
di,i'ed at1 ,a--es according to the chara.-
ter tacs uauif.-; under Discipline, and that
a part ,-sa day lie devoted to their in
struc,i,a earning and virtue.
Inau5cL.1- the IIesen, jail ,ystem, Gov.
Fairbans- attacks one Of the crying evils Of
tie Gag. ar-. while 10; entirely endorsing
all tfc -.clf. measures lie recommends. We
earnesIg u.-, that the Legislature viii
give nc SD &c. tie ;t;ention it deserves,
aId tlat 10 fii- or some session in the I'M
med Et.-c, adequate, thoughtful aad
tha7ou,a legislation VIII be had upon it.
In The f-.. -..ce. the iail system +, the same
to-day a- IS Was years ago, when the State
wa- =caa.iy populated, scarcely a town in
It's limit, b astjus Of thousand inhabitants,
tie accumulation Of wealth far less, and
crime coa., ..ra,i7ely iufrcqueut. Now, how
ever, ,,i-n c.ine has increased even
more saYiy than population and
when Ne Lave To look after not
DIV 4y-bfcakers of native birth,
bot also tie VAST army Of tramrs Who have
ben >n,Tns through our State for tie
l.s. year a- JNl, the jsil-, most Of them, are
crowded % tIe,r utmost capacity, and yiUis-
tsrs ,:tte Jas. ot all degrees, classes, condi-
tons aaI ages are necessarily thrust inj,-
c5imiua-,y together. Thus young men, 81
men OF say aud women, too,-lmrri--
oaoi ''s a..uIrolsnces, are shut up with de-
has n ..nl .Idcn-i eriminal- and in the en-
forced iiieae-- Of the all their morals become
utterly .o1rup "a and their minds filed win
imaguat'o Ut Wee aud lie ntioasuess and
crime 4 foreigner. for instance, may be
impri.oac in Geiault Of a fine for selling
liquor, a- an iu.r.tti1n Of the Jaw of some
VIVA .imia- 'xi,nt. He Is conscious 20
hil-,a .' . neral wrong whatever and
vet, Io5r ana nienIl,s-, he iuugui,hes in
iil,Dc- s-0c.ated with tie West Of man
kind, ari .ui.d be- rare case if he did
NOT, ~ er luaon,d ont, after long con-
fneme-'. 'm.rSe from Jail with determin-
ation O. disregard all laws, and mind
thoroughly ra -,rel by evil association.
And til, too, when regular employment,
kind. advice and Christian counsel, might
turn raay Cd ihs minor offenders from the
pats o.. size go these of virtue and make OF
th,m si.ct-'.e members OF society. The
Safe tas o. lisht to maintain IN every
county . sch '. Cd! crime and in doing 50 it
MT only 'estHg9 in body and soul It's
crrins c"i.-icr whom it Is bound to elevate
ami improve i1 tie extent Of It's power, but |
It lay~ ~ O. ie"tl-i retTibution Upon society. |
Again, der Is TO provision whatever by |
which "a prisoner can work out any part Of
his sentence. .4S tie transient person and 1
me p''e't'-'.''hen resident sent to jail Tor |
ho'-l d, u''' col me l'r seliing liquor or
i'r 'n''A'e'ii'n' lie 'hele IN utter and ao-
soi1te '-'t'''~~' O. no means an ineonslder-
a''o '''~'A Il II the COMMUNITY UNTIL
after iie lai~c ul months, generally, they /