Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24
COLORADO STATE AFFAIRS AND
DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL CITY
State psni,er,isr, Affairs

cOnyieis in the state penitsntiaTy
have been flooding the United States
with begging letters. but this abuse
has been summsTiiy stopped by War
den cleshoFn. the order being part
of new regulations recently Promui,
gated By the head Of the states chief
penal Institution. Tn. eonNiels have
been carrying ON a wholesale business
OF soliciting money to help them &C.,
paroles. The ground upon which the
appeals TO the charitable and gnllibie
have been based is that the clothing.
transportation and money given BY
law to eonyiets discharged or par
foned were not youehssfed To msn
paroled. In the language of Warden
Cl@ghOrn; These begging letters
were discontinued within thirty min
uiss after I assumed charge OF tho
prison"
This announcement VAS made al,
the annual meeting OF the Stale Board
OF Charities and Correction April 18th
The boards annual election. held
during the afternoon. resulted in the
choice of the following;
Presidsnt-DF. Eleanor iauney.
Vice Presideni-ites. Thomas u.
Malone.
Standing Committees - Industrial
School for Girls and State Home for
Dependent ChiidEen-Mrs. Decker,
PenitentiaTy and Private charlties-
Father Malone.
Insane Asylum-Dr. u. IL. Dougan.
Insane Asylum and Industrial
School for Boys-Dr. ia~n~y.
School for pn-G and Biind-Rabsl
Friedman.
Reforma,ory-Mr Enrich.
Soldiers and Sailors Home-secr--
,ary HakaF.
Reports from each Institution con.
cernIns the number OF eases Of tnber'
culosis among the inmates and III.
stage Of the disease we're also eonsii'
cred.
By unanimous vote the secretary.
Sir. e. 4. Hasar. was elected delegate
to the national conference of charities
and correction. to be held at Atlanta.
Georgia. May S.i..
A copy OF the parole rules promui.
gated by Governor Peabody was read
and discussed. These rules rs now In
force are given below:
Rule ! provides that when pris.
oncr has served the minimum sen
fence he may apply for parole
blank: rule ,. that upon rcc-ip, Of tho
proper application the warden ahaii
investigate the case. secure the physl'
clans statement as To the prisoners
physical condition and prospects. and
also a statcmcn, from the chaplain.
The report Of the warden. with all
papers. must be- iiicd In thirty days
with the pardon board. thence To be
sent to tho governor. Particulars OF
sentence In the ease OF each convict
sent up are requested from Judges
and district attorneys for the iniorma'
ton Of the warden. The governor may
sign paroles upon receipt OF the
proper application and papers. and the
convict ON parole must report TO the
warden once each month for one year
after release. and thereafter once
every three months for the entire
term OF HIS maximum sentence. The
parolcd prisoner may not leave the
state without permit from the gov.
crnor and upon bond given To the
warden. All communications touching
n prisoners parole must be submitted
TO the warden. and prisoners will not
he permitted to employ attorneys to
represent them before the warden.
The warden In also prohibited from
receiving statements OF friends OF pris.
oners pending consideration Of applI.
cations for parole. The right Of direct
appeal to the governor from adverse
decisions or recommendations Of the
warden is recognized and granted. and
II prisoner Mt any time feels that
his case has not been Justly consid.
cred or is being unduly delayed by
the warden. he may appeal to the gov.
ernor TO consider his request for
parole.
Requests for parole. when denied.
m IN nj Al nj
months. The warden is required to
keep full summaries OF all cases in q
book adapted for that purpose.