The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-12

were counted in by should be built
which complete segregation of the varions classes law breakers should
made and that with the idea uppernc which prevails modern
hospital practice all instances especially oa
and morally quite as disastrous AS physically
cholera smallpox So with this predominanS idea OF
difficult the beginning but
which would less perfectly supply the various classes OF
hard labor Rigid discipline coupled with coarse
food should emphasize the fact that this was not
refoaoy punishment AT the time such educa
enlightened experience could supply should
give aims inspire new motives and to I'M
part health strength and soundnes to morally weak on" not nope
essly criminal natures
indefinite period with the limited discretion that
justice dpndent1arg the behavior
after his of mpson
board should that be
dismiss den place higher
their best Judgments should dictate and as the actual and
progress each individual might demand The
costly ectuy imposing which denomnated
many might be much appropriately
discarded altogether could be supplemented by simple
structures giving abundant and light and air
small proportion first offenders who under
method drift into the hopee and might many cases be add
ed hpesy criminal classes would be restored to moral nndness and self re
spectng citizenship
efficient system reformation which human wisdom
cu devise there would still be large contingent of incorrbe
hereditary other have cut them
the bridges behind them and enlisted life
should be clased life
with these society while not forgetting the quality of mercy
should deal with firm hand and inexorabe justice
government situated that penal colonies practicable
villages all the safeguards which modern science and
inventive k can nlv for the absolute and isolation
villages various grades and classes should be placed
Behind these neveopenng gates and under conditions that
should relieve the world at once
social and civil order should be compelled to work ont
No great and costly prisons would needed Simple inexpensive
separate ground with furniture and housekeepngar
frugal with absolute food ndch
ling at least for time would required greatest possible should
should be assured of the
toll Those who would work should find here the same
pepies for idnes Az obtain in the world they
induyarisan shops manufacturers Of all kinds
aided appliance of modern machinery Schools and even
churches by There
supporting They could have their courts their own
lawyers their Judges their system penal law and their own ma
chiney Reinforcement 81 So
company could
call their own As far possible
outwokng conditions might
times and but would ultimately be lutary Though for
mailed hand of military crime
might would last assert itself The
like be murdered the highway robb does not like be
taking their medicines and it
and
promising Of social order would finally be evolved needless to
occupy villages This itself would cut off
formidable recruits for the Of crime Indeed it is
hardly much predict that this plan segregation and oa
carried single generation crime would nby diminish
would be relieved taxation be eened and the sagger
civilization extent unbudne from of
condemned to bear 1t
thing say opposition such plans would
likely those whose familiarity with the vices of the present
should best fit them labor for and most earnestly desire its improvement
hyscans which prevent
spite that their living depends prevalence
enlightened judges lawyers and court officers might be expected cordially
approve moral hygiene which promise efficiency
propyac crime be feared however that there would be
numerically large contingent who like Demeus the Svern wond feel
craft danger and who openly orsecrety would do their best
the looping off of
that spreading tree of evil whose fruit brings little
craftsmen who the costly and
plcated machinery of the courts
system outlined made absolutely
power p1rog boards removed greatly restricted might be
penalty une might then have
technical of plain and abundant
frequent Mob law feeds largely the belief that
stand little of punishment but that by hook
especially they
aud invoke the atory machinery the courts they almost
escape tends render the punishment of
speedy sudden and
outbursts of popular indignation against crime
their different
lagos doubt atrocouy and fendih criminal that
e others mistaken kindness them permit them
beyond their present prison walls By the plan suggested the n
crowded while being relieved
present cd still be utilized for the confinement these
t pariahs of crime
the working the plan suggested there abundant
skill and wisdom which history and modern
Whether this better method shall finally prevail depends
uncaud and uncalcuabe contingencies that he would
who should attempt forecast the future does not how
reasonable the modern thought the
methods and the and better which these fn
bringing the criminal classes shall f
that dfe solution that the which
bound which onfesy failure h much
the the twentieth century with
which shall bring the no the criminal
with absolute protection from it, most svow and
persistent foes?
u The National Treasury.