The Washington times., 1910-10-02
Jobs FOR JAILBIRDS,
PENOLOGISIS' PLEA
Rev. A. D. Malley Declares
Work Salvation of Dis
charged Prisoners.

Blaming the present system of re-
form and correctional schools and the
temptations OF the gay white way
for the large majority of criminals who
are At present in the various prisons Of
the country. the Rev Augustine d.
MaIIey. OF Boston, in a sermon preach
ed at ST. Matthew's Catholic Church
today. advocated that the only way 10
reclaim the discharged prisoners and
keep them from going back into q life
make an honest living
This solution sounds absurdly sim
pie" said Father Malley. but It is
true Give them chance TO work
They DO not ask for money, nor SYN
patty, nor q home. but for work
honest work.
II there We're in every CITY a coterie
OF influential men 10 whom one might
go and say, Here is q discharged man,
viii you put up with him and give him
a chance2 They are sick Of crime, sick
Of prisons, want 10 be normal and who
viii help2' The solution of this qUes-
ton lies with the business public
With regard TO the early life cf the
criminal Father Malley, WHO mas speyJ
the better part OF his life among the
criminal classes" and in prisons
throughout the country. said
No Mystery In Convicts.
I do not know what goes to make
up the psychology of the Neopolitsn
beEEar, nor tFS 5an5its OF Sicily. nor
what strange beings may exist in the
purlieus OF Paris. but I do know the
average American that I meet IN
prison, and there is N mystery about
him These American men ar prod
and its eNJraVaEanCe. its cesire for
wealth and living The fathers have
eaten sour grapes. and Il has set the
chIidTCn's teeth on edge
There are two classes OF men in
prison who can be reclaimed, and IL is
absurd 20 think otherwise, although
the trouble lies deep and needs pa
thence IN strong men. The nTst is
homeless or wild boys, and who were
sent 70 the 'parented or reform
schools.
They were sent out into life with
q kick, and they have not forgotten
nor forgiven the kick They have
never understood it Suspicious, sad,
sly the inner springs Of action were
not touched for good. ana so evil
mastered them-nOt physical, but
moral evil.
The tiny mind was dark. and the
llAAg ANGA uELdA4C AAna u " 1Ak Z
the master was the keenest victory
From one Institution 10 another they
dTif1eG. and in the end found taem-
selves men in body but childrs" IN
mind In the greatest State prisons We
put a label on them and call them
the criminal class
Sant Men Gone AMY.
These men are sane enough. sJrong
enough but s.wry- When hey leave
the state prison another problem rests
with the p.I0lic- There are many who
have gone through the course but I
would not call them beyond recall. It
may be long and difficult, for so MAJ :
mental things must be united an6 IN
tx listed. but II can be done.
The other class is large and growing
It is the Cls-sy Of young men who have
been caught IN the whiTl Of mod ern lie
and could not resist it
They must fight their way back 10
the respectable people, and these are
generally a strong wall against them
The others are kinder, so il Is easier
to slip into the old life again I do not
find that any OF the scientific theories
ut prisoners very well-they seem 10 me
to be the victims of the age-sf,1st 1T
tie black sheep. g,ne sstray.'