Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21
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Des Moines, June 21.-warden C. G.
McClaughry Of the Anamosa reforma-
tory has short recipe for success on
the part OF convict in effecting the
reformation which fairly entities him
to release or q chance at life again. He
lays down three rules for the convict:
Obedience.
Cleanliness.
Industry.
Mr.. McClaughry says that II a man
placed in his charge will follow these
three he will come out a better man
and be At for q return to society. but
places especial emphasis on the first
Of the three. Mr.. McClaughry learned
q great deal from his relative the great
warden, who has recently retired from
the federal prison at LeavenwOrth.
The latter spent forty years in the
work and was recognized as an au-
thority on prison management-one
who had worked out the very bes,
methods and placed in force the very
essentials Of the business.
Henry Wallace, Of this city, knew
Warden McClaughry for many years
and not long ago visited the prison a.
Leavenworth, just before the warden
retired. In what he wrote Of that pris-
on he had the following Of special in
terest in regard to prison discipline as
it was enforced by Warden r. w. Nc
Claughry in the model American
prison:
1--WE visited the solitary cells, where
ich
disobedience to prison laws. There
are two types Of them. In one the
convict stands with his arms between
gratings, handcuffed: and for every
day he stands there he loses two days
time; that is, If he is confined there q
day he has to stay in the penitentiary
two days longer than he otherwise
would. 1t is tiresome to stand there
in that position 80 many hours day,
and to sleep on a board at night. The
six solitaries of this type were full.
Four Of them wanted out and were
under promise of good behaviour. They
were told they would be heard in full
in the morning. Another one did not
want to even see the warden, but re-
ceived q pleasant good morning. An
other wanted out, provided he could do
a Job of painting instead Of scrubbing.
He was told to make up his mind to
obey prison rules, and that when he
did so he would be let out. Another
type Of punishment Is rather unique.
The convict Is put in large cell with
about such toilet conveniences as are
found in a pretty we'll furnished house.
1t lis we'll lighted and ventilated. A
pile Of stone is put into it. He Is given
a hammer and Is told that If he will
break that amount of stone, 1t Will
bring him rations for twenty-four
hours; II half Of it, for twelve hours;
If a quarter Of 1t, for six hours II
he is unwilling to do anything. he IS
left with a pleasant good morning II
he says he will kill himself rather than
work. he is told that this will be en-
tirely satisfactory. that he will receive
a respectable burial. that there is a
Catholic chapel and protestant
chapel. and a cool comfortable grave
for his reception. This may seem
harsh treatment: but after all, 1t Is
simply a way Of enforcing rules which
are absolutely essential in prison
with hundreds Of convicts.'
The man Mr.. Wallace refers to as
willing to work If he. can only choose
the kind of work he does leads to the
impression that Haley is not the only
one OF his type; and that there are
Haleys in nearly every prison of the
country. But Haley never had stone
pile in his cell. which was the exact
counterpart Of every other cell. and he