The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-02-22
THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS
Bitch IN HIS REPORT McLIN DIS
CUssEs THIS IMPORTANT QUESTION.
Ocala. Fla. Nov. 70. 1906.

Hon. Z. r. McLin, COmmisSiOnerOf
Agriculture. Tallahassee, Fla.
Dear Sir am submitting here
with a sketch TO the proceedings OF
the last National Prison Congress-.
which shall request YOU To allow
ME TO designate as an informal report.
because the local press neglected 10
skeletOniZe the work OF the cOnven-
ton as promised. The National Pri-
son Congress. Pioneer OF American
Prison Reform. and Sponsor of the
Modern Methods Of dealing with The
criminal which has given the Penal
System OF the United States first
place in the penOlOGy o. the nation.
opened lis tWenty-fOrrt h annual CON
vention in the city OF Albany, y. !.
on the 18th OF September. lasting up
to and including the 10Th. The SEES
sions were held in the senate cham
Der which brought together famous
men and women OF philanthropy and
prison work from all over the Unit
ed States. Canada and as far away
as the Bahama Islands.
The address Of the president Hon
C.. V Collins. Some Important Fea.
lures in Prison Development created
iIter.e interest, particularly that pOr-
ton which referred 10 the value OF
saving the adult, especially the foreign
element OF the 10000 in New York
prisons now. he estimated that they
were made up largely from the cos
mOpilitan army OF ignorance and SUI
perStitiOn He said the vital Stats
tics i'll New York city gave 59,0UU
births las; year only HOOD of which
were OF American parentage. Austria
k2ssia and Italy each sent 2DU. 0ou
immigrants last year AMI that the
congios, should discuss not only To-
cal noeHS buJ put their bes' efforts
together AID present 10 the public
ana 10 or law makers a uniform sys-
tenn OF criminal Jurisprudence that
will meet all phases os the subject ami
Cn:io:Mit~ OF the Law III each state
if pOs>il -
The Jail system. said be. should be
corrected. An endeavor to devise
and put in force some method by
which the jails may BE- brought up to
a 5sifion Of protectiyeness consis-
ten with modern systems of retorma-
ton. The jails remain practically the
same as fifty years ago. and its con
spiCuOus defects still exist. In clos
Ing he suggested that appointment
of a committee TO be called Commit
tee on Plan and Scope" 10 consider
the following recommendations:
First: \ rational and uniform sys-
ten OF Jail administration.
Second: \ uniform system Of edu-
CARTON for prison officers.
Third: a uniform system of edu-
4. ,i0n for convicts.
Fourth: So far as possible uni
form system OF prison discipline.
Fifth: 4 uniform system OF parole.
and careful consideration OF all other
matters that in their Judgment would
TEND TO make further reforms in the
treatment OF the criminal classes.
This committee TO make a report OF
their conclusions al he session of
ioO1.
The annual sermon was preached
by William Croswell Doane and was
one OF great interest. He dealt large
~ upon the evil Of inheritance. declar-
iI.S the prisons will be emptier when
We have reached the root and reason
of crime; ii We can control the use
ii liquor and stop AT least its excess
iyeness; if We can stamp out the
curse OF drunkenness; II We cha arrest
the degradation of our slums: if We
can train up race OF children in
surroundings OF physical healthful-
ness, of moral decency and dignity:
if We can instill into them principles
Of right living We shall have begun
at the right end-restoration and re-
formation Of humanity.
Prof Charles II. HenderSon,of the
Chicago University, on behalf of the
children said the proper training of
child. TO keep it from becoming Grim
inal. began before il vas born, as
serting that impressions were made
on babyhood a. the age OF three
months. Crime was not a heritage
but that criminal tendencies some
times Were. The problem is 10 get
back to childhood. back 10 infancy.
BabyhOod. he declared. determined
whether there should be a large or
small criminal class. II il takes the
whole force OF the United States to
save one child il is we'll worth it,
said he.
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