Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30
SAYS PUNISHMENT
FAILS TO CHECK CRIME
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In the last issue of the hchsiouH ll
Herald there appears the seventh ot- ST
tIrIo on the series on tne ueaLh ven 10
ATTY This article treats ot ne"
p.noiogy." showing how prisons may y
he used as reformatories instead eA
AS institutions ot pcrserutloh 't F'--
i-hnent The article ls as follows
We have dealt mus Tar Win itttA
button. reparatlon and detcrrence as
elementary an punitive Justice. We
suppose that in any LARGE ana ven
+ grounded scheme or pcnoiosy 1herc
Ideas are inherent Always, ~
T imarInc. euncring of some Nind u.-t
/ follow dfsObedicnce. The mistake
which runs through the adminls1Fa-
/ dion OF punitive Justice. "lif,Ie" y. I
s,r,e measure On modern times, pnt
ztiI continuing. seems 20 us - ue que
Iu part 20 an cNaggeratcu cmFntslr on
/ retributIon ann in part elso 20 az
pNtraNagant ONercsumate OK the FNl-N h
I'D punizhment as ca deterrent
4 T-ntU within "a comparatively recent
4 nrrfod uttle or no attention mas ncen
3 given Co the notion on rcIot ilAli-l
b. The State has NOT dealt with tne l'iil
Q Innl with view 20 the poeslnlNt4 OF
e hts restoration 90 sOctcty. IL mas been
u content FOR the most part 20 see th"s
, he was punished With "a severity Aul
N pcrsistency more or less couliAchaul ~
e with the gravity OF his ouense- A--At-
D. ferlN- however. enlightened people are
. coming 60 see that there are uetlcl
~ uses 20 make or man. even A"'-e.
~
4. degrade him and Co keep him In nope
~ less DEGRADATION. Men are coming 10
- see that this sort or punishWcn. u"ts
le not get as anyW here Ihe1 are leAl 1.
ling that when the time limit ot 800 49,,
~. punishment is reached. iEc NtiIAlsna.
~ comes back into society worse bhAh
Sc when he Left &C. sometimes "a nnanslH
ut buroen 20 be borne by the laW-a nloin.
nE community, and sometimes nN' ~
.t and more expert criminal IMAM ue
fore.
sn, Along with this lesson we hav
Learned the other lesson. namely. INA
punishment has relatively small NAiu
las a deterrent The fast Dr. tnAt mos
crimes aud certainly most crimes %
~r violence. seem Co be committee Nl."
+ lout particular reference 70 tne rs
- OF unishment. The Wild passions q
men blind them 90 the peru "ulC
4 They incur. 10 ls doubtful N the tll
, Iinal. as a rule, sits down ana WeiSt
= with any care his chances ot $50
- When the Deed Isl oone ana ne n
comes aware that the hand OF socle
Is against him. AN his ingenuity
taxed 10 cover up has crime ana
II eNtricate himself bouhtcas pc "l
y } frequently happens that ne reAil1
p the penalty OF his oucnses, but e.
- meets 90 escape the clutches OK q
~ law. There Isn't anything ia the STU
- OF crlmiu0logy more striking tltH (
b.. blindness uE the cflinllat. 9tA "D
"a Along with this growing recog
80 ftfon OF the limited value OF pnnl'
ment as "a deterrent has come an
-, creasing emphasis on the rcLuFtil1t
= OF the criminal as a. most oesifa
= end 90 be attained Under the
- nueuce OF this idea prison dtsclpl
= and amusement have been reNo
tionfzed Prisoners have been ire
No ca with more humanity. W hlle u
al are SEGREGATED. deprived OK the pI
= fleges I'll caclllr 3. -. hett az haru pa
m and otherwise made Co feel the SIT
81 arm OF the law, SET TINS necee>
m prlvatOn and punishment are nuns
~ i with appeals 20 what as best tn ~
In and more sustained and intefls
- EFFORT Is going forward 20 show u
an the wickedncss and folly or
a. crimes and 20 restore them 10 soc
an as honest and worthy cttizens-
course. much OF this Work goes
the ( nought. just as much % the
sck sort OF work falls OF high succe'
mt the world outside the prison v
Nevertheless. earnest aId unoru
ent souls viii press this phase OF the
,lns penolOgy WOndrous things
on been wrought under the inhuenc
ing this idea In the Northwest, par
OF larly, the experiment has been
ous on "A large scale Of paroling Gel
the prisoners on their honor. OF sen.
them home without state
OF and those OF our readers who
base Looked into these experiments
ycd. been doubtless quite as pleased
dis quite as astonished as we have
ion. 10 read the ascertoined results OF
Orn- humane policy. 80 Tar as Nf'
/. concerned. good men and Sooc "'
who are seeking 10 relp 20 Pu'
~erornatfon OF the prisoner 30
THEIR forerronnd OF prison discipline
The management have our ne"
-, .,c3,,-ift and We bid them god -