The sun., 1889-02-17

wood scrabs, IN the neis6borhood ne Of London
iot aiR99t ten years ago. with nine ne. special con.
% N 5 sss had Ru He npeS aFSe
Sono 500 Every sinslS item q work Hp hsd been S
S;aolos ;Is 5 They F$issd i tRe bSSine from
carpentry, The iron work, tho thousand and one
intricate rirna fittings and srrangemonis Of the
os MoG3 ssTs Sans o
that pE%sssGd at At Sing Sing. 4 ] can believe
upon The PRESENT ste H9, Of F sins SinF and 3ksa
stands to-day. Ii is humilating to think that
on that very site whore Lynds laid the founda-
1000 ablG-bodied but useless oilers, all through
tho unfortunate action Of what may perhaps
p. be nermitted 10 call hastily passed and Ill
=, :" cannot believe that the common sense OF
the the people viii not soon apply the proper rem
are others which support those OF expediency
baTy tait 6o tht s Is & d S In @ Sah Sah
duty, as a citizen 10 labor. 1t is surely the
everlasting right of every man to work, not
only for himself. but in order that he shall not
This thought Is the germ OF the principle of
restitution which has been urged us the very
has stolen from another. does that give the state
the right to take all his labor or to keep him In
gets no compensation3 At least one step in
the line OF restitution is to make the criminal
to nH sSe him the n 81 bis h np E9sP
and demorali2ing. Tho community is entitled
to so much of his services as will prevent his
How did the discipline Of Sing Sing strike
you 4" In uirol tho reporter.
It is, however much easier than ours, Tho
food is apparently moro ample. Tho prisoner
has Sn0 roEes that we noT
G1Sbsh SIbdn rsoa e tSb9SS9 \ e sIad nE
chased with food which is The prlson circulating
medium. There are all sorts OF subterfuges and
There is mach ten 10 Y bScry St The
punishment is severe. The current rate OF eX-
IS a 9a st6g f0r S the
miliarity OF keepers with convicts. the convcr-
saticns OF conyicts with Keepers and visitors.
the orderly convict is permitted to receive. and
the iaci,ities Titles for communication with friends
prisons. | noticed also class OF entertaining
fiction n n, the library which is not seen In our
and Intelligent lines. In tho officials, high and
low. from Warden Brush, who is evidently q
conviction, to the most Junior keeper. noticed
a loya! determination to do their duty y, and and
suporiors. 1t, is possible. nay. probable, that
they do not like the present do-nothing sys-
tenn. but naturally thcy did not speak Of 1t TO
me; they are good servants OF the State.
trained to carry out the orders received with
out comment or complaint. have learned the
but do not feel the same obligation to hold my
tongue. l hope l may do some slight good;
unErudging Kindness l have met with in the
against the perpetuation the presentd deadlock
in prisons. l shall not soon forget the spec
tacle presented by Sing Sing: tho vast ateliers.
the foundries and factories silent and still; the
or half finished, as though some sudden blight,
some deadly nya flow; had paralyzed and DO.
numbed their life. On the other hand were the
to dine, plentifuly on food they had not earned.
leisurely promcnading In the yards like gem
enjoying the newest novel or the latest news.
The evil sinks deeper. belieyer me; than you
seem to have realized yet The whole fabric
base. Your prisons will fail utterly to meet the
ends for,which they have been conceived. They
will neither deter the old offender from relapse
nor frighten the now by its reputation as
place OF enforced labols undor lrksome re-
straint These. however, may bo consequences
the mmedate furs are 5,,u tangible more
two a breakdown seems, inevitable in
all the prisons where the wholesome
may say mischiev9usly, been withdrawn. You
may expect disturbances. riots. and outbreaks
from this his mass OF sullen enn1ied denatur-
marily Of the highest attributes OF our common
humanity. Discipline will undoubtedly suffer:
depc and endemic disease that follows close
on the heels of overcrowding within four walls.
n wi am sssd Ps ye&P
is true and unalterable: The ideness of pris-
oners breed5 immortality in M and disease and even
community which Is made to bear such
heavy burden"