Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-12

In prfson one day for each dollar OF the
fine
Mr.. Huestis advocated more of re-
form system at the State Farm and adVo-
Gated also the segregation Of the boys ana
the Young men from the older men.
Mr.. Daley described In some detail the
reform and educational work being car
ried on at the reformatory. He said this
institution is in the business OF making
men. not dollars.
Attacks made on the pardon board by
some newspapers were taken up and an
swered by Mr.. Seidensticker He re-
called the fact that Governor McCray Is
now referring practically all or the ap-
peals for clemency to the board, WhHe
former Governor James p. Goodrich nan
died approximately one thousand Iour
hundred cases, referring only three hun
dred OF this number to the board
McCRAY DISCUSSES
CRIME SITUATION.
q In his speech, the Governor discussed
tho crime situation, the State penal and
reformatory institutions, the pardon anu
narole system and child welfare agen-
cies. ,. 100,
there 300 commitments to county JAMS
for intoxication, while before PROMOTION
there were 1900 to 1900 annually lie
,rped mfsdemeanants whenever posslnie
ba sont to one Of the State institutions in
Ltoad of to iail He also urged the
iudpas TO keep in touch with the con-
ditions of their county jails and TO. see
that they are properly kept lie de-
cJarpd no woman convicted of mlsue-
meanor should be sent to county jail
Desnite the crime wave, the Governor
pointed ont, the number OF inmates III
DpDal institutions is lower than ten years
ago. Notwithstanding the increase IN hle
incubation Of the State. In me "om-
ans prison, the State prison and the re
formatory there are now 2,lo9 inmates
the Governor said. 400 to 500 more than
duri1a the last year Of the war, but 400
to 200 less than i'll 1915, 1916 and 1917,
and exactly forty two fewer than ten
Years ago. In the boE&~ school, the girls
school the State farm. the correctional
t1epartnent of the woman's prison and
the ninety-twO county jails there were
439S inmates, the Governor said, as com
pared with g ,433 last year, 1893 five years
ago and ,452 ten years ago.
Our courts, our Institutions, our
parole boards and various preventive
agencies, both official and private, de
serve more credit than has been given
then. for this record the Governor, said.
HOLDS CRITICISM
UNWARRANTED.
In fact, there has been considerable
undeserved criticism lately of these very
agencies particularly of the indeterminate
sentence and parole laws. Such crit cism
is due to a lack of knowledge of al the
facts. The failures-and there are some
failures-loom SO large in the public eye
and receive so much more publicity than
the successes, the tendency on the part
Of the uniformed public is to condemn the
whole system"
In defending the indeterminate sentence
laws, the Governor said, despite the gen
eral impression, the records show prison
ers now actually serve more time than
under the old det6xminate sentence laws.
He also made the point after the prison
ers are released they are kept under
strict supervision for at least year. He
said among every one hundred paroled,
thea are twenty-six unsatisfactory cases
whereas. under the old system 80 per
cent to - per cent of the diSchargedo
prisoners we're returned to prison
we have reason to be proud of our