Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-28

NdIaouS eastern INSTITUTIONS Inc ell
feet was highly beneficial ana II is my
belief that the sum OF $3.50 annually
l foS materials with which TO carry on
| this work wealts be money well spent
in the amount OF stimulation Il would
siVe 10 the inmates of these Two de.
| partments"
| II viii I've recalled that the result o'
! applying this mental test WAS to show
the deficiency in mentality os mos,
OF the inmates OF the Sesora,atosN,
IN his report sca the current year
w arden McClaashvy calls attention 10
the s,laas for the new wcaNen's Tcsor-
asators ana complains the Fort Maas-
soa cell house, and refers 10 the fo,-
loNSipS at his reforaiatoiy MO are NO;
properly there: Woman NJ, insane SO
formerly insane Is. served previous
conv ic;iens s., over SO wears NJ age 10,
Regarding changes need the warden
says:
II am OF the opinion thai the depart
aseas sor criminal insane should be re-
moved from this institution for two
rea sons;
FIRST os the sixty insane now in
''ssS aRsAs -SNs - ~ 49, 49,
long here, thirty~six being here by
transfer from the peH8Sea.iary at Fovt
Madison. and seven having been cosn-
n,ittea from the courts until sane
enc as long ago as Dec, /, 1887. Five
were committed originally as sane be-
fore this institution became reform
atevs TaHs forty e;Nh, ef ghe sixty
were not originally refornaatorS sub
Secss, While twelve have developed In
sanity after co.nns.n1snt 10 the rcfcr-
m2torS TSeR1y-,hrs> ether men Who
We're originally committed TO Fort
Madison and later, were transferred to
the department for criminal insane
here have been pronounced sane by
the r'efor raators physician and trans
ferret2 10 the sane side of this insti-
tuition where they are now Al WORK
among the seso--natory subjects proper.
The presence o. these men is not help
ful to refor-naio-y work among the
class for which the institution Is now
designed. but tends 10 work confusion.
Second believe that il is practi-
csIy impossible 10 MAINTAIN a Depart
ue-t for the cri gnlnai insane as an adj
juno, OF any prison and secure the
desired degree OF consideration for its
inmates by subordinate officers as pa
tients instead Of prisoners. The train
ing Of such guards or keepers as am
able 20 assign 10 the duties Of attend
ants IN me department for criminal in
sane IS primarily that Of prison officers.
This makes lheir restraining as at
PENDANTS difficult. IL not impossible:
Tor they naturally persist in their first
conception Of The inmate as a convict
ei criminal, subject TO prison discip-
line and under PRISON rules, instead
Of viewing him as "a patient,
Fox these reasons have come TO
the conclusion thatsrrisoue-s who have
become insane Shouts be son; 10 a sep
arate department. sstabed in connec-
ton. not necessarily TOO close. with a
state hospital for the insane. where
management OF a skilled aiienis, and
under the care of persons primarily
trained az hospital attendants rather
than as prison keepers. II would be
possible for the superintendent Of a
large state hospital for the insaneto Sc
ieei from mis- large CORPS OF attendants
and nurses those who would pc en-
tireig animated by the proper spirit in
dealing with these who are douniy un-
fortunate. Tenderness and kindness are
according 70 report. such marked at
tributes Of The modern management OF
state hospitals for the insane that
these persons who have been criminals
but are now patients. could not but
hare the largest opportunity for recov-
cry. rs
1t is a notable fact that the patient
IN department for criminal insane
which Is an adjunct to a penal insti-
tuition never ceases TO regard himself
as un5ustiy Used as long as he Is I'M
der the domination Of prison trained
attendants. SO why persist in the use
ot tsse word criminal az an adjective
when he IL now clearly patient in the
intent Of TIE administration?