The San Francisco call., 1897-10-18
Chief Of Police Lloyd Says
Punishment Lies in the
Disgrace,
Prisons Should Be Reformato-
ries, and Not Pesthouses,
as Many Are.
Want Proven to Be the Cause of
So-Called Crime and Mis-
demeanors.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANcIsco CALL !

sos Broadway, Oct. H.
The fifth meeting in the series OF the
studies OF penology, by the SIarr King
Fraternity in the Unitarian church was
held to- might. Rober; NJ. Fitzgerald spoke
on the State penitentiaries and was fol-
lowed by Chief of Police Charles Z.
Lloyd on THE City Prison" His paper
was quite exhaustive and the principal
points are given below:
my practical knowledge of prison sys-
TENS, rules and regulations is, OF course,
largely confined to that gained during two
years that l have been at the head OF the
Oakland Police Department" said the
speaker. fright here want to say, how
ever, that am entirely opposed to the
theory advanced by some people, thar
iails and prisons dark, cheeTless and un-
healthy as they may be, at The worst, are
none too bad for those outcasts from So
ciety who are forced TO become tenants
! thereof.
~ do not believe that punishment for
prisoners lies in their treatment in Jail.
| believe thai with the great majority of
| first offenders the punishment of i'm
| prlsonment lies IN the disgrace attached
the ostrac SIN rom all rood society that
must folloW-and that In other cases the
punishment for those incarceSated lies in
the solitary confinement, The restraint of
their personal liberty, and the right and
power 10 60 when and where they please.
'ln this day OF progress and advance
ment, thlnklng men and women realize
/ that pri'on should be reiormatories and
not pesthOuses. To be sure, the criminal
in one sense is placed in confinement in
! order that society may be relieved of the
| danger 81 his presence while his reiorma-
| ton IS being attempted, and again there
are many so low and brutal that they
! should be in continual COZ finement but II
| is an lnnuman. erroneous and dangerous
/ policy TO render the prison such q disease
! breeder that the tIh brought in by some
may spread over the entire structure, and
, disease germs carried forIh by many VINO
! depart at the termination OF their SEN
tence.
I'VE are so cramped for room that ali
classes of prisoners are often necessarily
dumped together. We are absolutely
helpless IN the case OF sick prisoners.
believe that while our cItlzens are adyo-
eating public park they should also in
terest themselves in the erection of a new
City Hail and prison that Will be a credit
to the beautiful Athens of the Pacific.
"a notable fac incident TO the distribu-
ton Cf relief for the poor by the city last
winter, which distribution was place in
the hands Of this department, is the great
reduction IN the number of crimes COM
mitted while said relief was being given,
mus clearly indicating that which was
already we'll known to this department
and establishing the fact that a great
many of the crimes and misde meanors
prevalent were simply the result of the
desperate condition of he poor, the great
mum berS of men willing to work who
who were unable to find employ ment
There seemed to be no alternative other
that TO steal or starve.
Let me say to you that we, the peo-
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roT' in This world so often misnamed
crime > for much of the 'meekne.s' often
catalogued as shame and for much of the
despair often wrongly published broad
cast as vice, responsible because we 90
not arise and crush out injus ice, oppres-
sion, cruelty and inhumanity, and be-
! cause we 10 not more frequently recop-
nize in our daily lives both as citizens and
as otiic ais the principles of the Golden
Rule, Do unto others as ye would that
others should do unto you"
Word From Hall.
OAKLAND, CAL, Oct I7-Francis
Hall, the lad who was called "ungrateful
and dishonora ble' by Rev. Marshall Law
In this weeks Choir and Nave, saws the
reverend editor has been rather hard on
him.
"While 1 was in Mr.. Laws service -
said Hall to-day sit is true l borrowed
some small sums, amounting in all to
about s.. l intended TO pay them back.
but have not yet had any money. He
need not worry about it, as l borrowed il
for myself and not for him. He is angry
because / left him" "
The Church Bazaar
OAKLAND, CAL, Oct. 1.-THE fair and
bazaar of the ST. Francis de Sales Church
grows in interest ca ch evening. To-mor-
row evening the musical programme Will
be OF high order. 1t includes a piano
SOLO by Mrs. Annie Bauman, solo by
Mrs. Sop lie Mothersole, and duet by
Mrs. Mothersole and Miss Minnie Jensen
Hayw-rds' New Pastor.
OAKLAND, CAL, Oct. 17.-Rev. F. Y.
Jones was called 10 the CONGREGATIONAL
Church at Haywards to-day ana mas ac.
cepted. Ike new preacher is from San
Mateo and is very forcible speaker.