Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-28
WARDEN MCLAUGAREY, OF ANA
MOSA. THINKS DRUGS TO
BLAME FOR MUTINlES.
OUTLINES HIS EXPERIENCES
TO GOVERNOR OF NEBRASKA
McClaughrey Takes Rap at Cheap
Ssntimentalists Who Know Neither
the Criminal Nor His Recuiiari.;es-
Solitary confin emert Being Provided
Fer incorrigibles at Ananosa.


Des Noires, March 2s.-Warden
Charles McCIaughrey of the Iowa state
reforna;ory at Anamosa. has written
letter 10 Governor Aldsich Of Ne
olaska, in regard TO his experience in
refornatory work, in response e a let
ter asking for suggestions TO be en-
6odied il recommendation that Ne
oraska establish u relormatory.
Mir. MclNaughrey tells especially of
the steps he has taken % keep gu, Of
these institutions the Introduction Of
opium and lis products He took al
money and ifwelfv from rtsarl.a-,s
save c!ose Supervision over visits. pre-
ve!ter guards from tecom.g intimate
with prisoners. and permitted 10 eat
aoles of any Kind to r. sept nto the
institutions ! GARD 10 cord t:u,.s At
Ananosa he said:
The re-uTIl!~jn-y AT Ararosa has
had, previous to my taking ch rss II
January Of this wear. considerable
trouble from the surreItit5ots intro
6uction Of opium. morphine, etc. gen.
eraily- referred - - 'dop- believe
about r'd the institution @. i ~ the
discharge If two officers who were
bringing il II. can ai4d 10 ,-.-Sas
of it now tho ti,ore may he some III
the ins: tiug. ~ Oh serve SOM. ways
for its il . G;cliUu still remaining. and
these I am destroying OF blocking as
fast as I can without creating such a
disaster gs has betallen Your inSi.tu-
ton"
Cheap" GUARDS ard sentin,entaity.
Warden 1ilClau-hr-y came UP
against this problem IN The Allegheny,
Pa. Uorkhouse. in the Chicago house
of correction, the Indiana state prison
at Michigan City. at the Wisconsin
state prison. and the United States
pententiary at Atlanta. He has been
in charge of al, these. Mr.. NcClaughrey
refers 70 the cheap guard AS one Of
the greatest dangers OF the prison and
added,
1T takes just three years to make a
good prison guard out OF the most
promising material There are things
in criminal human nature that both he
and the theoretical reformer. the i'm
portant busybody who preten6s TO
ultra humaneness. have got 10 learn
by practical contact with the criminal
before they can rightly criticise and
condemns Proper treatment Of the
criminal : not harshness. but strict
ness: TO: Sloppy sentimentality. but
wise control mingled with proper and
conservative Indulgence. the use Of
patience with his weakness and Of re-
proof with his f0'ies. the use Of pun
tshrent for his dtsphedierce and teach
:rg for his ignorance Giving him what
he asks for should no more be a rule
of management than II the manage
uer.t ot q child by a parent. nor as
much Tor the shrewt. cunning. DELHI
crate criminal is no child--is not de-
pendent upon parental love
Mr McClaughrey states that ne IS
having arranged 2 building al Ana
nosa raforrnatory for the solitary con-
hne1nent Of some OF the men as pun
ishmeIt.
New Grade Rules.
A prisoner on entering the state re-
formatorv viii not in the future be
placed in the second grade as hereto
fore and forced to stay there six
months. according 10 an announcement
made here today. According TO the
change in the grade system. which Is
one of the most important changes
made by Warden NcClaughry SO far,
the new prisoner will be placed in the
first grade and he given all the priv
ileges accorded old prisoners.
Under the old system of the grade
rules. which have been in vogue in
Iowa for several years. prisoner
might conduct himself as first grade
prisoner for the first six months but
he would not be allowed the merit due
that grade.
Other important changes in the
system of conducting the reformatory
are expected to be made in the near