The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-01-22
QUESTIONS TO CANDIDATES.
Propounded by the Prison Reform
Association of Louisiana.

Following are the nine questions
asked of the candidates for governor,
lieutenant governor, attorney general
and members of the general assembly
by legislative committee of the
Prison Reform Association Of Louisi-
ana, the committees membership
comprising w. o. Hart, chairman; +.
S. Weis, Andrew Fl. Wilson, j.
P. Thompson, E. NJ. Stafford, Mrs. G.
G. Deyall, Robert II. Marr, F. s..
Shields, president, and John L. SUIT
ton, secretary:
Are you in favor Of the abolition
of the present board Of control of the
state penitentiary, and Of the crea-
ton of board serving without pay
to have charge of the penitentiary
and to supervise parish jails and other
penal institutions, with authority in
said board to employ q competent
superintendent and-sss adopt rules
and regulations for the government
Of prisons and the inmates thereof?
Are you in favor of an act Of the
general assembly providing rules and
regulations for the government of the
penitentiary and other prisons, with
power in the board referred to in the
first question, if established, to add
to same from time to time II neces-
sary and advisable?
s'Are you in favor Of a proper ap-
preparation being made for the board
of charities and correction so that a
y4YIfk
salary may be employed and provision
made for his travelling expenses and
for the expenses of the members of
the board who, of course, shall serve
without pay!
Z Are you in favor of a new parole
law by which the parole board shall
be entirely independent of the board
Of control of the state penltentlary
or of any new board that may be es-
tablished for that purpose, and are
YOU in favor Of parole officers SO that
paroled prisoners may nave some OF
fetal to report to who will be able TO
ascertain whether the conditions OF
naroles are kept, and to report IN
fractions thereof to the proper au-
thorities?
e.Are you in favor Of the funds OF
the state penitentiary being disbursed
| in a business-like and systematic man
| ner and with budget system there
for. and for the widest publicity IN
all the transactions connected there
with?
nAre YOU in favor of the indeter-
| inmate sentence in this state and fo1
| the adoption Of a law providing fo1
same?
| s.Are YOU in favor of sufficient ap.
| nronriations to make the reform
school at Monroe what in reality Il
should be so that the inmates may De
taught trades and given an educatior
if necessary, and are you IN favor o.
| establishing another reform sehoo
south of Monroe, at Jackson, or somt
other suitable place?
ssAre YOU in favor Of such legisla
tion as vii provide, in part at least
| for the support of families OF prison
ars and provide fund by which, up
! an their release, prisoners may re
ceive some part OF their eafning'
while in confinement!
.sAre you not opposed to corpora
/ punishment in the penitentiary ant
/ other iails, and do you not recognlz'
that same is in violation OF existing
laws. and are you not in favor Q:
making the offense OF beating
prisoner a separate offense from TN
. ordinary assault and battery, and g
nroviding some special method o
nroof thereof, so that such violation
/ Of law may be properly and adequate
" punished.