Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-16
OF
THE PRISONS
SUPERINTENDENT OF DEPENDENT
AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN. r.
Il. CHADWICK. ADDRESSES AM
ERICAN PRISON ASSOCIATION.
SEGREGATION OF YOUNG OF
TENDERS OPEN AIR WORK-PRO
BATON AS A PREVENTIVE
AGENT. CANADIAN METHODS.

AGENT. CANADIAN METHODS.
Indianapolis. Ind, Oct. 16-YOuthful
criminals should not be confined i'm pri-
sons where contact with the vicious
would impel them to a life of crime. but
should be given work i'm the open. work
of the kind to which they are naturally
inclined, is the opinion of II. b. Chadwick
superintendent of Dependent and Neg
lected Children for Alberta, Canada.
Mr.. Chadwick'S views were voiced be
fore the American Prison Association
atits annual meeting here, in an address
today entitled "Outside Work as a Pre-
ventivc Measure and as a Reformatory
Method" The growth of outside work in
prisons, Mr.. Chadwick asserted is pro
ductive of justice toward boys and men
which cannot be over estimated. The
basis of such a system. he continued
should be common sense. On the one hand.
he said. a system purely on sentiment
will prove unsatisfactory and ineffectu-
al; on the other hand, practical, sound
administration has brought out that too
close Incarceration has often fOstered Il
spirit of rebellion. In part, Mr.. Chad
wick said.
"PrObatiOn has done more work as a
preventive agent in dealing with young
offenders than any other scheme yet de-
viSed. Probation in dealing with the har-
dened type of criminal is futile and use
less, as through the probation system
the criminal succeeds in getting lenicnt
treatment without proper supervision Of
his surroundings.
There is a group of offenders who
are not hardened criminals. but who have
to be taken care of. This group forms the
largest of any of the various classes that
have to be dealt with under criminal
law. They are not sufficiently hardened
to be considered as criminals. but they
have gone beyond the stage when they
can be considered as possible of cOrrec-
ton under the system of probation. When
Il boy or young man has fallen down I'M
der probation and has become an OccaS-
iOnal offender. and it has been deemed
advisahe to deal with him by some more
rigid form of correction than probation
offers, the refOrmatOry method has been
used with great success.
THE boy is brought before the Juvenile
or District Court in Canada. and handel
over to the Department Of Neglected
Children. as q neglected child. and placed
out to work under the supervision Of an
agent or inspector of the department.
His earning capacity must be guarded.
as he is liable to be exploited by unprin-
ciplcd employers of child labor, unless
an agreement is entered into and arrange
ment made as to the particular amount
of money he is to receive in addition to
board and clothing. The money is placed
to the account of the officer who has
charge 0 fthe boy and a receipt given for
each sum deposited or expended, in order
that the amount may be justly accounted
for in the final settlement with the lad"
Mr.. Chadwick outlined the work i'll Al
berta which is being lone under his sup
ervisiOn 1t was just as important, he
said. to find the particular work for
which a youthful criminal is naturally
fitted as it was to find work at all. The
farm had solved the question in many
instances. but not in all. The work at
the prison farm, he added. was watched
nv the provincial authorities and I'M
doubtedly would be copied by the pro
yincial jails in the near future. In con-
~clusi0n. he said:
"The basis of such a system should
be common sense. A theory which takes
only sentiment as Il basis Will fall down
and prove unsatisfactory and most inef-
f~ectual: on the other hand, practical,
sound administration has often proved
that too close Incarceration has brought
out a certain spirit Of rebellion, and out
side work has developed the principles
which 90 to make a right man, and re