The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

terested Judgment than by the hired advice of others.
 After the prisoner has been exam ined and his personality and character studied he is sent back to ilis work and the board deliberates on his case. If it Is found that he is a professional criminal and If familiar with the in- terior decorations of various penal in- stitutlons his case ia rejected, even though his conduct record In prison is fawless Leniency toward habitual offenders doesn't make for the social welfare If 1t develops that he Is a nlng up into Connecticut from New York to crack a safe or plunder a. house. ne got caught rather than got loot. the grated doors will probably not swing open for him until he has finished his maximum term. It isn't sound public policy to encourage out side rogues to imagine that Connect- cut is an easy mark. If 1t turns out that the crime was of q revolting character and barren of extenuatlhg circumstances, the decision is likely 10 be adverse to the release of the prls- oner. Public sentiment Is intolerant against offenses against decency. If 1t seems that the convict who might otherwise be a At subject for parole hasn't served long enough to satisfy the reasonable demands of justice and to exercise a deterrent influence his case Is continued for either definite or an indefinite time and is taken up anew at some future sitting. Again. If the fellow has no bad criminal rec ord. If he has kept himself right side up with care in prison and if he ap- pears, on the face of things, to be worthy of early release, the case is re- ferred to a standing committee of in- vestigation.
 Work for Pnrolcd Prisoners.
 The business Of this committee Is to seek and sft facts concerning the offender. and to draw from them what ever conclusion they appear to warrant The committees finding, with rec ommendatIon that a parole be grant. ed or denied as the case may be, is submitted at the next meeting of the board. If the report fig favorable to q parole, and 1t is adopted, the matter isn't ended. few details still re. main to be attended to. It's a copper riveted rule that no paroles shall be- come effective until suitable employ ment has been obtained for the prls. oner I.apor is a steadying influence a balance wheel. an anchor, God helr the ldler, the worker can help him vised the bath tub and the tooth brush conferred on humanity a greate benefit than the chap who, taking not of mans needs. invented work. per son who gives employment to a dis l charged convict and takes frlendl, interest in him. renders a public ser vice and even if he does not get hi, reward forthwith he is laying Up treas ures In heaven.
 Before prisoner whose parole hal been authorized and for whom worl has been procured leaves the prisoI he is required 10 sign an agreement t obey the conditions governing his pa role, One of these conditions Is tha he shall send to the warden month. report giving data concerning his earn lngs, expenses and work and endorsed by hls employer. Another conditIo, is that he must let grog alone an, keep out of saloons. A convict o parole is still in the legal custod of the prison authorities. Every mo tive for him 10 redeem at par the con fidence reposed in him and to mak his conduct square with the demand of good citizenship Is supplied Th
 door of opportunity is open to hin