The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-25

ussion in local prison c,,o,..
roprlety or e1pedicncy NJ
male prisoners in tho Gaa,xl a. wy
'rison (not connected SitS
'enltent'ary), and confinina
he dark hole. The war,Iaa
on, a gentleman named 'a ",
lis guards, said that wo,.. @l'
mind confinement in tho 'nsq d
sot no harm from itW,bsa'uI ls'
'hown that after being so ,s y:
| day or two. they were :, sa q
stand and wholly unfit sas s
guards declared that tbs
not be effectively discipEssseo ~
flogging, and threatened
body if the practice wero
DR.. Macdonald of the mi.
that although some panS pa,sq
abuse the power of flooa;;u.
lashcd women on the barss s'
of over covering Of one
prescribed by the rules. stiJ1f s.
whipping for them; he MA MA {
the 8 Leather" was realIu =
than the dungeon. Sec,ssas %o
Of the prison commission ~.
the lash. w =
On the other hand, Stat. d
tive Blackburn said that Il
gerous policy to give mtb ~
tionary powers to wards.
about the state. II would
terrible abuses and mistrss;2
sovereign power Of the sts,
not be delegated to indivj5*
remotely accountable. Tba ~.
TEN should be carefully 1's ~
the line of punishment IN
otherwise evils will Green
rective measures that IT.,
cruelty should be used - +
tive Smith added that IL -
power to use the whip An An
the hands OF brutal and r.
wardens, the same crueltie,
ties which have shocked ~
world will be repeated. Was1
with power, abuse their uos'I
are appointees Of a systsr
enced and incompetent ia
chosen, not because of thejs
more likely to repay some
vor. When r good wardsn
is more or less an accident
mission to whip, and the NJ
be Mortified at the result. H
should learn the eircunsiar<.
That is fine. but the eopcIri
mean more than they say, h
public to knowl If Won hp3
or n sister or daughter n
would you feel entirely ~
the declamations in the leal
these kindly gentlemenl NJ
occur TO you that, when thin
had blown over, the ward
guards might possibly. and
as might be, revert to what
to be the only effective mn.
ing order? 1t is easy. in
gag a woman so that she can
and to take her down to ,
place and there to lay on
heartily, with or without fin|
the inner garments. Whoh
OF to tell? We are not r.
boast Of these things openly!
At the turpentine camp 4
Ala, thlrty~tive convicts NJ
tract had been annulled br
O'Neal. were brought to MonI
10, 1919, and placed in the a
All but fourteen had been VII.
heavy straps loaded with IL
fidaVits were Offered shown
of them had been whippsl|
But Superintendent OF Priso
New York. in a letter TO ~
tigan OF Auburn prison, wfi<
not believe that anyone N
formed by physical torture
not the view taken, appafss
ferson City, Mo-, prison, a
few weeks ago, a negro "
very hard task each day
Post Dispatch of ST. Louis
he could perform. At event
be taken out, strapped 10 3
beaten with a heavy strap.
cuts and sores all over big
vored prisoners were allovH
rules, while others were g.
ished for the same thing
tertiary there is described
hell entirely surrounded By g
incompetent officials Du
were brutally whipped for
lenses.
We have all heard about
island. New York City, VI
ings BY officials, and mud
suited in the death of . =
tee Hurd found two mur q
one stupefied, the other hy'
sobbing, They had been
whispering, The dark esIl
ordered discontinued scms
fore. Warden Hayes, on osI
the official why he had psI
to be used, replied; '.wdl
I've been so busy | hayen
10 get round to it.o Wht
ness?
In Atlanta we do not uIs
we find the club bsrdl1
guards are sKlllful in 80 y
the bodies of their patleae
the external evidences are
occasions inlernal trouole
be ascribed to ''naturai
there are indications that
use the dark cell, descriDec
Donald, above. as more ina'
the lash. If this expert
gives us standard where
ure how inhumane they nv
7 cannot go on, though
only a fraction of my uvs
over, i am inclined TO tm.
physical punisbments J ns'
are not the worst that are
in Atlanta and perhaps y
ons. Great ingenuity IL
have their outcome in
which never can be 1--we
commissions and inspectors
man is as safe rs a desa
tells tales, no one VIII ~
him. The cat-and-mouss
vorite with the humane
dens. Give your man a''
hope and despair. ana ~
soon reward your psi5s
arc the insults. the gioes
the obscure forms OF WV,
Irage, the degradation nu,ht,s
there are a hundred suoIS
stroying and corruptIngg
man. To be compelled