Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-14
FIRST PAROLE BOARD
MEETS HERE SOON To
TAKE UP PETITIONS
Applications of 200 to 735
Federal Prisoners Confined
in Atlanta Will Be Passed
Upon

The federal parole board that was
organized i'm Atlanta in August will meet
at the federal penitentiary within the
next two weeks and will consider appli-
cations for parole from 200 of the 7S5
prisoners confined there.
All prisoners at the penitentiary who
have served one-third of their sentences
provided their sentences exceed one year
and who have had good records during
their Imprisonment are eligible to pa
role. Two hundred have served one
third Of their sentences and will make
applications for parole.
Among these are Greene and Gaynor.
There are several other prisoners, for
merry well known, who will ask to be
paroled.
Charles w. Morse is not among these,
however. He has only begun to serve his
sentence of Is years. He must serve five
years before his application for parole
will even be considered. The fact that
he had money smuggled into him sew
-eral months ago by his wife and business
associate may then tend to cause his
application to be refused.
MAY REFUSE APPLICATION. =
1t is impossible to estimate how many
will be paroled. 1t is in the power of
the board to deny the application of
any prisoner. If they think it would
be unwise to parole a man, even though
he has served one-third of his sentence
and has a record for good behavior,
they may refuse his application.
The boards agreement to a prisoner =
application is not so absolute, however.
If they consider that a prisoner should
be paroled, they make a recommendation
TO this effect to the attorney general,
and only after his Endorsement is the
parole granted.
In refusing applications for parole the
board will consider principally whether
or not the prisoners making application
would be a menace to society II paroled.
When on parole prisoners will be I'M
der the inspection of a parole officer.
He will see that they are law-abiding and
will also help to get them employment
and aid them in every other way pos
sible.
The parole board that meets in Atlanta
will be the first federal parole board
to meet in the United States. 1t was
also the first federal parole board to
be organized in the United States.
At it's last session congress enacted a
law authorizing the paroling of federal
prisoners. The bill was signed by Presi-
dent Taft on June IS.
MEMBERS OF BOARD.
The board that was organized in At
lanta consists of r. c. LaDow, superin-
tendent of prisoners, chairman; Warden
w II. Meyer and DIR. A. l.. Fowler,
physician Nat the prison. DIR. Fowler is
now i'm Europe and will not return to
Atlanta before the middle of November.
Mr.. LaDow and Warden Meyer will
compose the parole board at its first
meeting.
Blanks for applications for parole and
rules adopted by the board are being
printed in Washington. AS soon as they
are ready the board will meet.
Warden Meyer said Tuesday morning
that hereafter regular meetings of the
board will be held on the 5th day of
January, of May, and of September; and
that special meetings will be called when
ever 1t is necessary.
Parole boards have been organized at
the federal penitentiaries at Fort
Leavenworth and at McNeil's Island.
Meetings of these boards will be held
after the meeting of the board in At
lanta.
Through the system of parole the
government intends to give prisoners
another chance. After a man has served
one-third of his sentence he will be
given his liberty. if he has conducted
himself property during his imprison-
ment and has shown that he will live
law-abidinEly.
After n pr. soner has been put on pc
role he can be returned to prison in the
discretion of the warden.