The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1906-05-04
gelect Miscellany.
Making Manhood.

IL has been said if you would de-
velop a great man you must first catch
his great grandfather. From the
waste of great manufactures, by-pro
ducts are now produced that are a
mate lerlal part of the profits The dis
covery of new processes has mad,
what was formerly neglected and
thrown away very valuable.
The criminal is the waste produc'
of society. He was considered value
less and hopeless. Punishment wa>
considered expiation and the prison
system was built on the theory of pun
ishment. But modern methods ap
piled to this waste product of society
have proved efficient in producing q
high grade manhood, have given rise
to the theory of punishment as discip
line, and have remodeled the prison
system for first cff-nse men on tn,
theory of reformation.
The Elmira State Reformatory, 10.
Gated a, Elmira, n. Y, has been in op
GRAFTON for thirty years. The expert
nent stage is past, and the theory o
the institution has been vindicated by
success. The inmates of the reforma
tory are off"nders convicted of their
first crime, over sixteen and under
thirty years of age. All but very
small number are sentenced under the
intermediate sentence That is, they
cannot be kept in the reformatory fol
a longer period than the law pre-
scribes for their particular crime, but
by personal reformation this sentence
can be largely reduced. Conformit,
to the prison discipline, fitness for so
cety, and proper living for prescrib
ed period in the world determine the
final release to the criminal.
Tire rrformatory system takes into
account the whole man. His physical
mental, moral, and spiritual conditions
re considered, and the attempt is
made to develop and correct and trair
him by discipline and education into
fitness for society.
Ill the prisoners sent to the insti u
tion enter it in the second or middle
grade. Advancement to the frs,
grade or relapse to the third grade de
pends upon personal conduct and pro
ficiency in the various schools of the
prison.
Upon arriving at the prison tht
prisoner is thoroughly examined anc
cleansed physically. He is then close
" inter viewed by the general superin
tendent, his past history is scrutiniz"d
and his mental capacity is examined
The prison rules are explained to him
and be is assigned to his appropriate
place in the school of letters. He il
gwen work in the trades school &C.
cording to his fitness and capabilities
and placed under proper physica
training. HIS advancement or retro
gression then depends upon himself
Six months of perfect record entitle
him to the first grade, with speeia
uniform, the privilege Of receiving and
writing letters once each month, TAX
ing his meals in the dining-room, and
conversation with his classmates while
eating. H.. is also eligible to become
an officer of he regiment a monitor in
the shops, or a turnkey on the cell
blocks. The first grade men room
two or three in room.
The secoul grade men are deprived
of most Of these privileges Thu mem
bers of the third grade are those who
have fallen from the mid lie grade in
which they entered, or from the first
gra le tor serious off .nsp. Those Gin.
corrig gihles" who prove unwilling tc
reform are transferred to the state
prison. where they are held for the
maximum sentence for their crime
less the good time' they earn.
I've physical needs and welfare o
the pris 'ner are carefully cared for
He is lr ,perly clothed and under The