Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-20
STATE PRISON RECORDS SHOW
InpETERM,NATE SENTENCES
ARE BEST.
ONLY 81 or 47s PARoLEp
HAVE BEEN RElNcARcERATED
Only One Of Every Eiehtssn Released
Commits Crime Second Tims-Pub.
lie Disposed to Accord Good Treat.
msnt to Released convicts-Many
Given Uplift in Private Homes.

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law is working up to the expectations
Of its trainers. Since the enactment
Of the indeterminate sentence law and
the launching Of the work Of the state
board Of parole. 476 convicts have been
released on parole. according to fig
.,res compiled by Sam d. Woods, sec
rotary Of the board.
OF this number that have been re-
leased. sixty-one have been recon-
mittel for violation Of the terms Of
their parole. Only Twenty-Five Of those
sent back to prison were recalled by
the state for having committed crime
against their employers or society at
large.
Mr.. Woods says this record Is great
argument in favor Of the indeterminate
sentence law. He says it means that
only one Of every eighteen prisoners
par oled com mits crime j second time.
For every person who has been re-
turned to prison because he violated
the law after his parole. seventeen
have made useful citizens" said Mr..
Woods.
When the board was first organized
it only considered paroles for pris-
oners serving indeterminate sentences.
Hence the number of paroles granted
during the first year of the operation
Of the law fell far short Of the num-
Der granted in the succeeding years,
when the law was in full operation.
1.-The board has been highly gratified
with the attitude of the public towards
paroled men and women" said Mr..
Woods. TT is surprising to find really
how much Of the brotherhood Of man
spirit exists in Iowa. The board has
little trouble in finding occupations for
paroled persons. The employers are
prompt In reporting the progress made
by the released person and the boards
agent keeps in touch with every man
and gives him help wherever possible. I
could cite instances by the score where
women have taken a paroled girl In
charge and given her the lift that
closed here against her days in prison
and put her on footing Of citizen
ship and right living. The old fallacy
that prevented the average person from
believing that there could be any good
in q person who has been In prison is
rapidly fading in Iowa. We have more
than 400 cases on our books to prove
that it does not follow Of necessity
that a man is condemned to everlast-
ing ignominy because Of one mis-
deed"
The work Of the commission that
will in due time be appointed on behalf
Of the Iowa State Teachers Associa-
ton to investigate and report on i'm
proveMents in the school system will
commence with study of three things,
namely, the rural schools, the non
accredited or small town high schools.
and the problems of school admin
istration. That which is wanted is
abundant information on these three
subjects as basis for whatever action
may be taken looking toward better
ment Of school conditions.
Now that Des Moines people have
been swindled out Of a good many dol
lars by so-calledi "clairvoyants," the
city council is having prepared an or
dninance that will prevent these people
carrying on their business in the city.
One woman recently lost $1,000 and an
other 5000 to one "clairvoyant" and
the money will hardly be recovered.
Officers Of corporations in Iowa have
been busy preparing to fill out the
blanks sent them by the United States
revenue department for the annual
taxation Of all such. The reports must
be in the hands of the revenue officers
prior to March 1. A great many of the
Iowa corporation officials were caught
last year by failure to make reports
in time. because they supposed that a
corporation making no profit and there
fore not taxable, did not have to re-
port. But the revenue department
fined all such.
The demand or opportunity for
trained nurses has enormously In
creased in Iowa in recent years with
the increase in use Of hospital facili-
| ties for care of the sick. At the exam
ination this week by the state board
Of examiners sixty-four women took
the examination for certificates as
trained nurses.