Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-12-04

the Oregon State penitentiary since the
administration of B. K. Lawson is the
present parole officer. He is the ae-'
tive head of a system of espionage, /,
elandestinely reporting to the governor
on prison matters without the knpwl. |
edge of the various wardens, and in
such a way as to improperly reflect onI
and to undermine them. His active in
flncnee over the governor has had al
demoralizing effect on the administra-
ton of the penitentiary during his in
eumbeney. His pernicious intermed-
ding in prison affairs has resulted, mott
only in an increased expense of main
tenanee, friction, strife, insubordina-
ton among employees and disloyalty
to the warden among guards, but also
frequently, injustice to eonvicts.
''In his efforts to discredit the war
den, he has caused certain eonvicts tol
be informed and to believe that they
would never be paroled while he was
in office, thus discouraglng them and
causing them to violate their trust and
to escape. Men who incurred his per
sonal hostility by their loyalty to the
warden were vigorously opposed before
the parole board.
Although the present. law limits his
duties to looking after those on parole,
the parole board has permitted him to
usurp the powers of the warden and
looked to him for advice He writes
up each case for the parole board, Civ.
ing his personal recommendations on
each man, which are generally allowed.
Governor Follows Blindly.
saNot only are his recommendations
in regard to reyoeations Of paroles and
conditional pardons final and general
Ily followed by the governor, but IT IS
in his power to stop the issuance OF =
parole even after the same is recon-
mended by the parole board. Model prls-
oncrs, with insignificant crimes, have
been unable to receive consideration by
tn board for apparently no other rea-
son than being too friendly to the war
den, while those who have made no
effort at being model prisoners and
have served only short time, on grave
offenses, get by, If they are on good
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Iprison discipline. Employees at the
penitentiary friendly to him have had
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