The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-12-02
PAROLE COMMITTEE
INSPECTION SHOWS
INTEREST IN PAROL L
Members Of Parole Committee OF the
State Board Of Charities and Cor.
rectiOn Hold Meeting at
Eddyyille Penitentiary.

The kodak pictures of the minstrel
troup - all convicts - that a negro
trusty snapped after the dress re-
hearsal preparatory for the perform
ance on Thanksgiving Day and had in
readiness for distribution to the mem
bers fthe paloce committee of thu
State Board of Charities and Correc-
tons are evidence that the inmates CT
kentucky's prisons are given oppor-
tunity for recreation as well as for,
work and study. The committee held
its meeting at Eddyville Wednesday,
November %, and it must be said ind
passing, that while remuneration forf|
| the pictures was tentatively refused all
first, at the long last" it was not uti
terly scorned
| The parole committee, which held
session interrupted only by re-
cess of twenty minutes for lunch.
from ten thirty in the MORNING to
five o'clock, or train time, in the af-
ternoon, examined the cases Of thir-
ty-nine prisoners, who, under the law
are eligible for parole consideration.
All during the day, each prisoner. as
he was admitted had the crime for
which he was convicted and his SEN
tence read to him, and was questioned
closely in regard to his life and envir-
onment previous to his incarceration;
then his record as prisoner was ex-
amined In detail how many rules
had been disobeyed, how much good
time" number of days a month taken
from the sentence varying from seven
the first year to ten the third year
and after, as reward for good be
havior) had been lost etc., etc. If
there was any cause for discussion,
any chance for difference of opinion
the prisoner was dismissed from The
room until decision was reached by
the committee
A favorable decision brought the
convict back to be questioned still
further in regard to the possibilities
of his finding suitable work, in regard
to the person who would assume re-
sponsibility for sending report to
the Board every month whether the
parole is being kept in good faith, I'M
tile the time the committee sees fit to
dismiss him from supervision. II all
this information was ready at hand
and almost all with clean prison re-
cords were we'll provided with letters
from former friends, relatives or EN-
ployers, the chairman Of the Board,
Mr. e. s. Tachu, or the Commissioner
Of Institutions, Mr.. Joseph P. Byers,
told the prisoner that the Board would
recommend to the Governor that he be
paroled; and that fthe Recommended
ton was accepted, and the parole Off
Ger was satisfied, after an investiga-
ton, with the conditions that would
surround him during the period of his
supervision, that he would be paroled.
Then followed an explanation of what
II means, in the eyes Of the law, to be
paroled, and warning of what inev-
itably follows the breaking Of parole,
and lastly an earnest plea for life of
self-respect and law-abiding citizen
ship, with the promise Of friendship
and assistance from the Board and the
parole officers so long as he walks the
street called Straight"
But some Of the decisions we're not
favorable many OF them and
the prisoners were brought back, not,
however, to be dismissed merely with
the refusal Of the Board to grant the
parole, but to DO shown how they still
had the opportunity to mako good, and
to cut short the term Of Imprisonment
even II II took another year to do II.
Some weer up q secon dtIhie for con-
sideratlon who had followed such adj