The Detroit times., 1914-05-23
CITY CLUBS TO
LOOK OUT FOR
MEN ON PAROLE
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they have made bad start and got.
ten into trouble.
another object OF these organiza-
tons viii be 10 provide employment
for men who have been released or
paroed
when a man is released from pris-
on we shall instruct him TO proceed
Immediately to some officer OF the
club in his home city. The members
OF the club are bound TO provide him
with employment and must endeayor
TO remove the prison faint or brand.
The hardest thing we have TO do is to
find employment for ex-conyicts, and
employment is absolutely necessary
to make them good citizens.
by serving double object--pre-
venting boys from going wrong and
aldihg men who have gone wrong to
right the course OF their liveszI be-
lieve this plan will be productive of a
reat deal of good"
The prevalence OF the desire OF the
ordinary American boy TO live with.
out work Is responsible for the most
crime according 10 Mrs Frensdorf
Idlcness leads 10 evil associations,
and in time, 10 indulgence in liquor
and dope" Then comes the finished
product. the convict.
There is something wrong with
orr Anne rican school system-it fails
to impress upon the young the dignity
o. labor" said Mr. Frensdorf.
The elders, too, seem to be proud
OF the fact that their children don
have TO work like father did / be-
lieve that that is the greatest single
cause OF crime.
Statistics compiled by Chaplain
Tougher show that IS per cent OF the
inmates of prisons are there because
OF liquor and its allied vices | be-
lieve, however, that the beginning is
In idleness, a desire TO live without
work"
jackson prison which formerly cost
the taxpayers OF Michigan an aver.
age OF $94 600 a year Is now on
self-sustaining basis, according TO
Mr.. Frensdorf. There will be a sur.
plus in the treasury at the end OF
this year, he says.
Mr.. Frensdorf is enthusiastic about
the prison farm plan. The opportu-
nifty which ii gives men to work out
OF doors is a great factor OF the idea.
dSlue llOul tue pIOUl WnlNu the ldllu
makes possible.
"A great feature OF the work in
Jackson Is in the system on which
our industries are operated" said Mr..
FrensdOrf There has been lot OF
talk of profit-sharing throughout the
country, and that's just the plan we
are pursuing there. The profits OF
every department are prorated each
month. and the men get their share
OF the profits There Is on deposit IN
Jackson banks fund OF Sal 900 be.
longing 10 the prisoners. Ii is money
they have earned in prison industries.
Men working overtime get double
pay, and our business is conducted on
the same plan as that OF any other
manufacturing establishment.
Another thing about the prison is
that We have the best equipped school
In the state Every prisoner who is
not able to pass a third-grade exami.
nation is compelled to go TO school
Most Of them want to go TO school,
but some OF them object.
The school is organized TO the
ninth grade, and there are some
studies which are taught in high
schools OF the state. The work there
Is under the direct supervision OF the
department of public instruction. and
its certificates will pass current any
where. The students in the CONNER
cial courses have proven very apt
and some OF them own their own
typewriters think that the owning
OF property is one OF the best things
I'm the world to give these unfortu-
nate fellows a sense OF independence.
The property instinct is inherent and
believe the sense of ownership does
much to relieve the sting Of enforced
Toss OF liberty.
Another thing about the CONNER
cial courses is that by the develop
ment of our own talent, we have been
able to reduce the expense " our
clerical department one-third, in
spite OF the fact that we're doing
three times as much business in that
line as we used TO do There are AL
students in the prison schools"
Jackson prison inmates are cult
waiting 200 acres OF peas, l so acres or
potatoes. and are raising straw
berries. onions. carrots and all other
garden vegetables for use both in and
out OF the prison. The prison has a
model dairy OF SO COWS. All the milk
is used by the inmates
Some OF the men employed in the
prison factories earn as much as y45
month, according TO Mr. Frensdorf.