Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-04
PRISONERS AID HITS
REGIME OF LANDLORD
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inmates, added to the number aIreadS
there, rsAulte6 In total yariousls
stated at from I1S to l25 in fifty cells.
How any warden, still less a physician
on the board. could contemplate tas
possibility ii placing two or three wo-
men in a cell. women Of such charac
ter that the matro1. when telling the
story asked To be excused from gong
into detail OF immoral practices. passes
our comprehension
II has seldon been our lot 10 Wit
ness q more sorrowfuI spectacle than
that Of the physician of the institution
on the witness stald He il working
with remarkable success, considering
cor ditions, but deprived Of practical
ii every facility which wonlG assist
him 10 secure the rsults he desired.
Medical Facilities Lacking
THE operating room AM diet
kitchen have been taken Tor sleeping
quarters for guards: special diet must
come long distance from tile regu-
lar kitchen; the doctor has no train
ed assistance Of any sort and Is
obliged to trust she nursing and care
of patients entirely to the matrons or
inmates; there Is no opp ortunity To
discover the presence OF tuberculosis
except from the voluntary visit Of the
victim to the doctor ror treatment.
there ii no provision for open-air
treatment Of the tuberculous
with the type 81 management
which prevails at the House Of Cor
rection Improvement results from outs
side pressure instead Of Inside discip-
line Mr.. Landlord has made mater
iai Improvements iii the way OF paint,
whitewasll and heating The trouble
is hc ms bnt little idea of improving
human beings, Z
Gives DeflnitIOn Of Brutality
In summarizing Its conclusions, the
Prisoners Aid society states:
THE testilnvly in regard to brutal
ity can caly be understood in the Light
.of the fact that most of those testify
ing thought Of 1t as referring to phys
ical attack. Persons Of aaer sensibi1-
lilies consider callous Indifference 70
suffering and neglect Of proper treat
nent as forms Of brutality
Evidences sf intelligent organiza-
ton are missing.
'Ihere is considerable friction be-
tween the warden and the physician.
endangering the health Of the inmates.
THE law requires the use Of the
Bertillon system, but neither this nor
any other identification system Is
used.
Mr. landlords ideal is to be q
practical man and not theorist The
result 81 holding such an ideal Is thai
the emphasis is placed upon material
things We must express the hope
that the great opportunity offered BIZ
the 500 acres OF farm now owned will
be given to d man Of higher ability
and broader vision than the present
warden.
We feel obliged to express our
Judgment that the board, meaning the
majority Of members, have failed to
meet their obligations to the state.
Granting that the selection Of the
warden was. made in the exercise of
their best Judgment and free fruIn die
tation, tRcy have followed neither the
policy Of giving him tie powers Of a
general manager. with full control az
his assoc ates and subordinates as com
telnplated In the law. nor the opposite
policy OF treating him as subordinate
and giving close personal attention
to details.
Farm Colony Needed
We cannot leave the subject with
out calling your attention to press
ing need III the line Of prison reform
farm colony The problems of the
House of Correction and the Balti-
more city jail are vastly Increased BY
the commitment Of numbers Of per-
sons who should not be III either place.
the defective, the dipaonlaniac. the
drug addict, some insane and incap-
ables Be all scrts
Legislation must be secured Iaak-
ing effective the constitutional amend
ment permitting an indeierminate SEN
teEce and provision made for such q
colony as may be found, for ins.