New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-27
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AN ADDRESS BY GENERAL BRINKERHOFF AT THE
CONFERENCE OF CHARITIES AND CORRECTION.
LOUISVILLE, KY, sept. 26.-At tho session
OF tue Conference OF Charities and Correction
to-day Genera! r Brinkerhon OF ONO. read mpOr-
tant paper ON "POst-Penenuarg Treatment OF Grim
inas" The paper was a comprehensive description OF
the Crofton system of treating as e1isrs
in England under act OF Parliament and Of the Gou-
ce5er SYSTEM which Is extension Of tie ioIger pre-
vmlng in tie English County of CLIQUE ser Briefly
these Systems OF nauaseiuent ana control classify
The criminals within the prison walls according 10
then behavior and efforts reform. discharge them on
ucket-ooavo place them under police supervision AFTER
their discourage ind work for theIu keep records of
their conduct and location, s'd IN general seek to Ie
store them to rectiude and conn ete citzeuship The
of these systems ma, been remarkable Eng
land. Mr.. Barwick Baker, Tor nearly hall "a ccn-
fury has been Of the Associate Jnstiees OF tue
County OF Gloucester lately wfoe TO General Brnker-
moi:
In our County OF Gloucester the daily average
OF cOnvcts in prison ha, decreased 10 Inly
In le44 we bad room for 800 prisoners
gaols Of county. city ana borough aud were old
that should sooD hnd TINS not enough We have
tao year 1881 the average number OF prisoners was
oDl, 13l.
General Brinkerhon concluded as follows:
Now # all these fairly stated. believe
them u b. and If no other facts eau be shown the
in concluding that M dealing with the criminal classes
OUTSIDE poA-p-ni enuaIy treatment Of convict.
least equal upOfAbc2 10 mat
When remember tu1t the number OF Vets
abroad the United Siaes is not much snort OF
Quarter OF d million We can realize the Importance
having them uuder police suprrvisiJn.
In the NewYorl alone the Official reports for
give OF 1l29 cOnyIcts dis missed during
tnat year frOn tbs three lOng-tern prisons while OF
felOns aud misdrnIsansnts b1th IL estimated that
there are 10000 Or them annually empu d from Lae
prisons upon society that state Multiply these
figures by ten aud have fair approx ion
deluSe precipitated upon the people OF the
United States - a whole
How control tns food Of crime. at least how TO
dpaI Ctih ~ Al Ia
question We have III hand. Ny opinion IL that
police supervision thus tar, presents thu promis
ing results OF any yet pro POSED. with pOhco superv-
OIslOe OF peniteutiIy, ana progressive easslh
cauOu inside II seems entirely practicable 10 slit out.
with ugh deg OF certainly me good from the bad,
saYaDlc from the unsIvab!e, and handle them
that ehall be dlslnfeetcd, and the o.Der per-
mauently qu0runtined.
Courts aud ures 10 the nature OF things not dis
crimiDatc any large exIcBt. The drag.nst law
takes in all alike within its sweep euptiss
the catch into the pcnontiary in uusOr 81 lump.
Under the present RYsteu it unsOrIrd with the
sult in tue END OF making the whole either wholly
bad at least largely tainted by It's Ingredients
What Is wanted Is 70 elninate quickly possible
the leaven Of EVIL and purify the rest How DO Til.
the problem 10 solve