The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-12
,DAUGHERTY HAS
REFORM SCHEME
Would Make Good Citi-
2ens Out of Tyros in
Crime
CHANCE TO MAKE GOOD
Would Establish Industrial
Schools for Training in
Honest Endeavor
ry W. IT, ATKINS.


WASHINGTON -- Prison reform
h,t vIl ramoid bad characters into
ii ...s today stood out as one
tb. H|- thIng4 that the admins
...,Inn uu-t do 10 improve citizen
.hi, Attorney General Daugherty
g..l,r.1. discussing a new system
ss has evolved for handling federal
smo-rrv general Daugherty's
.i,, NOW about ready for presi-
f8ert Hard.0gs approval. soon will
S. raaIy f.- congress. II calls for
K ss,aH...amcut Of a new federal
,,aatiora. training plant, where pris-
opors can he taught trades and
aibervls. "rcbuilt' so they may be-
Ssme us. rIl citizens after their
terms expire.
,orms u federal prisons, who would
he eligible for transfer from prisons
where now confined to the institu-
Han which The attorney general pro-
noses 20 establish.
Tho attorney general will ask con-
grcss 10 authorize him to take over
one OF th. big cantonments, left on
tbs governments hands at the end
~ the war and reconvert V into an
educational institution, with Indus
,r,aI features. somewhat along the
lines Of existing reform schools.
"What many OF these prisoners
need more than anything else is op-
p,rtuEty to make good" ,1r.
D,ugherty's ITO let them remain
among hardened criminals, tho life
termcrs and others, seems to me, a
biz mistake.
81 maintain that citizenship can
be made better by some system that
will reconstruct these prisoners, re-
store thrIt seif-respcct, and equip
,hem 10 face the world with some
earning power at the end OF their
terms After a further study OF the
problem and conferences with the
president and others, am CONVINCED
that we are working along the right
line
Faith in the Fallen.
Mr.. Daughcrty took the position
that lt is not good thing for the
country 90 release from prison those
types OF offenders who have become
hardened ia their criminal tendencies
and are likely to continue in evil
ways after the laws hands have been
removed from them.
81 can walk into any prison In the
United states and pick out ten men
would be willing to trust " aaid the
attorney general. THAT applies to
any prison, anywhere. Put those
men on their honor. let them know
that there is someone who has an in
terest In them and they will make
good
Mr., Daugherty's psychology has
been tested and found 100 per cent.
lie cited his experiences with pris-
oners In reform institutions In Ohio
and elsewhere He has aided in the
establishment and operation OF some
OF these reform schools. He has
watched the development OF the in
mates into useful citizens. lie has
found them In later years, law abid-
Ing, honest with their fellow men
and IN some instances filling con-
spicuous roles, as leaders in civic
Undertakings for community better
fnent.
Good results achieved In the han
ding OF the young offenders in Ohio
tfeiorm schools can be extended upon
much broader scale to federal pris-
onS he believed. II is possible to
make such federal vocational
school practically sclf-sustaining by
Introducing factory equipment. Mr..
Daugherty said Such an idea may
De embraced in his plan.