Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-02

formatory treatment Of the most ap-
proved kind given to those who seem
capable Of benedtting by it, to the END
that the prisoner may be released al
the end Of his term, better fitted than
ct the beginning to earn his own live
lihood and to be a useful member OF
society.
Such a system does not involve any
immediate expenditure of large sums
OF money. for recent experience is
proving on every hand that expensive
buildings are not required to care for
any but exceptional cases The las.
named institution will be the most ex-
penstve, but experience in other states
has shown that a large part of the
WoTk involved in it's erection can be
done by the prisoners themselves. The
new prison will doubtless need be Of
smaller capacity than the present one
because Of the elimination Of some OF
the prisoners by transfer to the farm
colonies for mlsdeneanants and the re-
lease Of others on parole
u matters not to the taxpa yer
whether the cost Of caring for a pris-
oner comes from the county or the
state except that without question the
prisoner can be given more scientific
treatment and for less money by the
latter.
e"A'r repeaters more profitable use
OF the prisoners labor, for the benefit
of the State. the prisoner. those depend-
ent upon him, and society less rnorev in
vested in expensive plants requiring ex-
pensiye Gpkeep ana large sums for main
tenance j. the outcome aimed at by such
a plan
Neither is the cost Of this system pro-
hlhiuNe or deterrent. for the plan In its
entirety is not an immediate but an ul-
Innate desderlatum, a plan when If
adopted and consistently followed. hay
Ing il mind the future when making
present appropriations, Will require rel
atiVely less instead Of greater expeudit-
ures.
Ia this connection, we beg TO call
your attention to what seems TO US 10
be serious defect in the present parole
law-the placing of the duties of the ad-
vIsory board upon members OF the Execu-
tive Council, for the reason that under
our present laws This advisory board in
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Agents for Protection of Children.
The agents for the protection OF chill
dreu appointed under CHAPTER 1eS of the
public Jaws Of 1865 ought to be selected
with great care. inasmuch as upon their
judgment may depend the whole future.
# ne children IN whose behalf they are
called upon 10 intervene with its conse-
qlient far-reachjng Effects upon the
community and even upon generations
The present method does not sufficiently
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