, 1881-06-06
PRISON INFLUENCES.
Young Criminals Leave the Peniten-
tiary More Hardened
And More Accomplished In Roon1sh Ways Than
Whom Thoy Entarod.
Long Sentences Break Down the Most Ex-
port Law:-Braaker.

tho Pel,itehtinry Is n failure ns 4 refUrnlatnry
Institution; Il lms always been found In
lossif,le 10 so e,lgraft tia benefits Of ,nornl
StlasOn up0n Its methods Ut cuItluct NJ to
9lvn hope Of tho inorat Improvement af its
nccuparts. II wouI.l seam reasonable, how
ever, tu expect that the nbllurnat condition
Of life IN which c0nylets ara there subjected
wo,l'tl llnro somu lasting effect upon them.
ind TRtnuSl: rcp0rter's researches yeStcr-
nlent fully satisfied lin TINT such was the
ci.sc. Tint n r,nn WIN deliberately aplccts h
criminal life IL. mentally md morally esseil-
fully different from tho nyeragH run nf man
kl,i.l mist be tukpn for granted, md It wnA
In regard tU tile etTnst wltclt prison life hAtt
!!p0li them that Tic reporter sought tho on!n-
ion Ut tlIcfr llntural cllcnles-tll0 pNliCg. Tile
l!ah WIN. In moment Uf passing weakness,
Yields tt, temptation, breHks The law. antl Is
nunlsllctlt Is nut tile one whose ttiosyncraSIps
t'!s rt,!ortnr was Iooking ~ It. T. true tl!at
prlsunlltcnt pften fDrcu lin aEHlnst Ills will
in ndopt arin'lna! lEfe ns tic om!y oliu avail
nb'e: hit the professio1a criminal, tic TX
waynlatl l!avs cllt'sen thoEr nleth9ls of life
deliberately, anil IL WIS III regnrtf to tho ef
fnct prntlucctt upol. theu, by incarceration
tint tho reWurlcr maJo his Investigations.
follows: AS ii general rllte tle effect Of n
PenisentiMry sente,scc IL to diminish tho
tendency tu q continuation ~ Il life Ut crime
Oh tile part OF tslh co1lyicts. Ihe l'enatctttary
hs 4 rule Is too much fur them. LII many
cases the cOitv!cty,. especially tho young
nanoli'st tnel,i, wl,o nave oHt siiorg tetlns 10
',Is,,ad rr;,ntnsa @ tj'n,, tew :,ntnrrI n srh"r
,nSn Ia r,,t. .n1a .: ~ orf,Ha anI NJ r;;mma}
imet,ntjs. inv, hret, tanrj,t Tia a,ivu,ita9,. n
Ereatsr caution thai tiey w prsvloaslyS en-.
rrnyr,i nnwrr NV Ii, tn sof"lv hr,ap the Inw tinv
nntnr ,vItI, ~ nm tmnransoH s "n,,,..w5 o5
uIatn, linn, n fre., md n,nr" tla.,rsrt,i1s
csrssr ~ e eri!ns; # ;, Bt Il tl,e + ge,,csa s!isst
and i,'is il nowl,ere % i,lore anyarcnt tHnl1 ii
oa o caSa ym M ay H1s nset o. n tp a, ,g
~ ia ,,a eus NJ etu n a ar pS ~ ,,t;s,.
t,otr Nv ,.n,,rt,,,n;tIns tt,n rran;s,st ~ o,f",
tm0n "'p'' ''''''''' ~ @A' ste'''~'' ""' '''A0
'''fT ria rc,qon for t,,1u ia s,,nn,v axu,o,rn1 IT.
Is tesS crfto u Gxpsrts . w2 teg whe IL er t
si,r'5 vi4, Z liz hit ter,,1s M' ~ y, mmrsnm"Mt
sI n It i th ia ins ios 't nr,s IT ;nrIsn,,,nem
,vhIcl, i,rcass I'm n ,r,on .t',v"' Wnr n vrMr' nr
sysI Mli' two sNs yss.s tl,e co,vlet bears H. Tia
mn,Iotnmy lin ,isctniime III" si,e,'re liz liz
,r,I. on to @ ,sn,,iI,ss;,ua,f
,.,;ri, or tn nk.. ~, lila rn,tIf3. ~ iif. II,
t,niai u fusiit,,tfon cau l,o buru. M Viii,
tf'e @ ,M, e ~ivas w. onI n' t,n n'sf s, ,raf s
nrf,,in"I t;a man "1s, ,v1ss,,, II, ,,a 'ova ~ fps.s
dr." WI ,ynr tfn te,,,lcr ~ lis fs1lnws md
"desonerates ID into lrdEe , wse % bpaa fS i,as
rIi' lsS IT'S s, or pHet o',s IT. tnt HIT le'' a "
e"'s' s,,, .r r,',, " ms urv.'xrn ~ ~. % ~ ,s n.va
When such, /! one leaves tile prison l,e
neyer. fails Of kind reception anlDilg hls old
!I'snciates. New combinations may lave
been formed, l,is oht piace may hasG been
gNlns HIN ut o1cy readnlissi0n to his old
girclo, aill It Is only when his ancient cnl-
isaste;s d hey uterly he as ,,is' hseans D.,
learn thts,-tllat llo rcaEizes that Ills day has
| gone by.
Nn more striking exempllltcatlon ct all this
could, perhaps. readily be found t,,an tue
eight years MO-, was rstee'nutl NJ olle Of the
most remarkable rbbers IN the 1and., l1u 1t
was who plunnad n1ld put INTO execution the
tic rt'bberles ut. the 5tar-Unton Lime, at
Tolterton. lnd., which wore prrhlaps thu best
planned and boldest system Of frcight-car
eyer sT4 Rut %tG eXvstn m e
WIS Of nat!trc enlct!atetl to resist With SIG
cess the continued assaults upon Ills vitality
provided BY tiIo pcnltentlury regime; b,it
@ ss s fr sss ~ sS'S s w5s .9e Ss %as aGr
changed whcn lie LOTT Joliet, aud his friends
aud to tho old life, 1t took them, but II very.
| HtkAlk IlkltC III 1klSEufGE LIEtk tA4 sEUluS VI
crlule hail left lin, alld he was worry shortly
"tlrnpped."
''What caused this great change TO como
over the man ~ tho reporter asked of ono Of
the pot[ce authorities.
| Thu renit9nttary was too much for him.
It llnncryed lIlm. It broke lin down. Bar
ron WIS II nun OF sIltgunrly tlcllcate art1
line temperament. IIB WINS whit IL known
us a 'liglltniilg operator. Ills Do,lI,y move
l1,ellts aill Miental processes oecurreti BY
WIS always tl.1 nIlst lnco1nfortable Of l,,il
for. wherever 1,arron might be, Ilu wns nl-
Wnys Oh thu lookout for Il pufl,t Of advantage,
ii weak apot In thu system Of watching
wlicl might b in!!pftoSch mud ~. escape e.
situation wl,ers tho lRiiger could detor him,
If Tic ,IynlltNgu scenrti worthy Of tic risE,
| fully EXPECTED, WlleN llo utllargcl fr0nl
prison, tilat W. would have more trouble oil
our hunts, but two yers have llt,w eln1,se,
aid liz j,us tfulle ,lIt{ljnE, Thc nl ynlrlt iii
hin II Willing, but tho tlesll IL weak. lent-
te'itanry fate' niie & WORK, a1rl H. s1lattt!q @ htye
!nllies nun. lte slaS lllllt!o ais laSs 'tflcR,
tiat A y 70 snS, S q niiy consequence" consequence,
:. Ea'l Wy illt1lk u n!!y others"