Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-01
THE STATE BOARD OF CONTROL
BULLETIN NO. 15-HOW THE PA
ROLE SYSTEM WORKS AT RED,
WING AND SAUK CENTRE

Resume Of tho Operations Of the
Institutions Under the state Board Of
Control for tho Biennial Period Enaing
July 81, 1914.
Few states in the Union have brought
to higher degree of efficiency the
parole and agent system, now a fea-
ture Of practically all correctional in
stitutions, as has Minnesota. How the
benedciaries of the system IN this
state "make good'' is told rerularlv in
reports received by the state board of
| control.
Probably one Of the most important
trusts imposed on the board is the re-
formation and return to citizenship Of
hundreds Of young men, as well as
| boys and girls, turned over to it an
nually because of incorrigibiity and
delinquency. In this respect the Red
Wing Training school where boys con-
victed Of incorrigibilitysand the light
er forms of misdemeanofs are commit
ted, perhaps offers the best example.
The commitments here, as at the Girls
Home school at Sauk Centre, are most
ly of a class where uplift through other
channels has not been possible.
The return Of these young persons
after a period of detention to good
homes and better living is the work
Of the parole system, and the travel
ling agents employed by the board.
How we'll the task is performed is
shown in a discharge list of 100 boys
paroled from the Training school at
Red Wing during the last two years
and whose individual records have
been forwarded to the committing
judges for approval. It is said that
better than IS per cent of the boys
discharged from the Training school
"make good,' and how thev do it
can be cleaned from the cases taken
at random from the discharged list
now up for approval.
No. -. Committed by the Juvenile
court Of Hennepin county for delin-
quency in 1909. Will be Of age in 1921.
Paroled to his mother and grandmoth-
er in 1912. Has attended school regu-
larly, part of the time being at
college. He has done very we'll.
No. -. Committed by the Juvenile
court Of st. Louis county for delin-'
quency and truancy, in 1910. WilS be
Of age in 1916. Paroled to farmer in
1911, and has worked regularly ever
since. Is doing nicely. y
No. -. Committed from st. Louis
county in 1910 for stealing. Will be
of age in 1921. Paroled to his par-
cnts in 1912. Has attended school reg
! ula:'y and kept up his music studies.
Has a bright future before him. s#
I Comm roa1r rGott to4~o,a
county in 1911 for grand larcency. Will
be Of age in 1916. Attended high
school, worked in Minneapolis, and is
= now 8 travelling salesman for his firm,
and is doing well.
No. -. Committed by Ramsey coun-
ty juvenile court. Will be of age in
1916. Worked in one place for two
years and is making good. Paroled in
1912 to his parents.
No. Committed by Ramsey coun-
ty juvenile court in 1910 for taking
automobile without permission. Will
be of age in 1916. Paroled to his par
ents in 1911. Employed by an express
company and is now in the u. 8. navy,
where he is doing we'll.
No. -. Committed from Hennepin
county in 1907 for burglary. Paroled
to father in 1908. Returned for tru-
ancy. Again paroled to father in 1911.
Now engaged in office work and is do
ing we'll. He has a good home.
No. -. Committed by the juvenile
court Of Hennepin county in 1910 Tor
petit larceny. Will be Of age in 1915.
Paroled to his mother in 1912 and has
been model Young man since. Has
worked steadily.
No. -. Committed from Hennepin
county in 1909 for delinquency. Will
be of age in 1916. Paroled to parents
in 1910. Returned the following year
for truancy. Again pareled in 1916
and has made good ever since. Now
employed in a factory and is trusted
workman.
No. -. Committed from Hennepin
county in 1910 for incorrigibility. Pa
rolled to a Wisconsin farmer, attended
school and did we'll. In 1913 he was
returned in honor. Again paroled, this
time to an Iowa farmer where he had
good home. Father wants him back
again, but memories Of his home are
unhappy and he will not go back. Will
be Of age in 1910.
No. =. Committed by Ramsey coun-
ty in 1911 for stealing. Paroled in 1912
to mother who placed him on a farm.
He is making good.
In speaking of the parole system
and its application to the Red Wing
and other correctional institutions,
some perhaps may confuse it's work
with that Of what is known as the
state board Of parole, but there is no
direct connection. The paroling Of
boys at the Red Wing school and oirls
at the Sauk Centre home and their
supervision through the medium of
agents is one Of the many duties of
the state board Of control and it calls
for monthly visits to the institutions
where such incorrigibles are confined.
While the early release of the youth
full wards of the state as represented at
Red Wing and Sauk Centre and the
placing of the same in good homes and
with employment calculated to make
them useful citizens has always been q
feature of the institutions named, it
was not until the creation of the board
of control that the parole system reach
ed its best results. There is now cou
pied with every release a line of home
and employment supervision that con