Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-04
Breaking Rules Hnesbu Prison; Shiur for Hours in Cola

because he wasn't caught talkins II
smoking he worked himself into -
labor gang and eventually became \
runner.
"Scveral week. ago Kelly. who :.
been In that jail for more than for.
years. was scen slipping n letter irss
the pocket of a convict who was ,cs.s
ing. For this hp was sent bnct !.
solitary. and there he will stay n,,S
he goes out a free man. "'"
''lf you could manage 10 see Ecllv 4.
would tell you plenty about the trs.s' ~
ment served out In that prison. Thss.
are plenty of others who would Nit
insly tell all they. knew II It wssn.,
for the dread Of what would hapnen !!
them afterward. 1t would be hard y
get the fellows who must stay there !.
do any squawking unless they wss. -
ssre that there wouldn't be a come.
back"
Conditions up there must unds,..
n change. and the cOnvicts who hss.
been through the grind are detcrmir.
that something must be tlone--soms. !.
thing that will give q. convict a chsne.
to make a man out Of himself.
This he cant do locked in a s,on.
cell all the time. All Of the boys doir: @
justly. An eyamnlc Of what is thon.h.
"r the comforts of the convicts ,"ss! emu
found IN what happened last snmu' ~
~ there. 4 number Of TRUSTEES m..t
who thought they stood in because thss
were allowed the run of tho blocI.
decided they would ask to b. alios,.si
{" play ball or have n game OF cotch !.
the yard In the afternoon before h.a
were locked up for the night. ~.
put the plan up to the officials and ~.
told that such n thing would not w Y
tolerated for a minute because Il woru
spoil the grass. ''1'
''Onc convict who wanted to vr,..
story in his cell asked n he could bs,.
n tablet and pencil II he arronec% J",. '.
| have II scnt in from n relative n.
was told that this was a Violate,
the rules and that tho only Tina !.
could write WIS once month, when y.
would got his rcncil and paprr w
'It is true TINT the men--cvrr ,h...
locked in solitary are given rcrr;s'
sion TO write letter once every n,on.S
When that time arrives the kssr.:
passes into the cell small picce :,
lead just enough TO write few ns,..
This lead is in a paper container M
the letter ~" convict writes. wheths,
" wv w W it's VU|tkulCr eNa
must b. passed ont of his ccll 10 bc r..i .V"
by ,h" amt horitics before being 'rsS nr,
into the mail. 'u'
eff any reference is made IN M.
treatment the letter il DESTROYED ana
, the convict who dared say that hc w". ,
not heing treated right Is not nIlowsi
TO writ" maybe again for several
| months.
Certain ronvicts also arc ,cprv.a
Of the privilege Of receiving mail WhsS
John Wcstcotts time was up he w,.
| given 81 and also handed twenty. AZ.
letters. WCstcott asked why hc hsd
not been given his ma ii before, and va,
told that he was supposed TO be- nd.
dictcd TO drugs and for that reason ii,
mail was hr!d up because 1t was non.
siblc that drugs might have been ror.
ccalcd under the flnp Of the cnvelopp r.,
under the stamp.
''Thoy didn't have 10 give me- m,
mail" said Wrstcott. "but they conlS
have read tho letters 20 mo. 1t was
word from the outside and they diJni
want me- to got it. That's why ths,
held up my mail. They told me that N
was one Of the rules. and they wanted
TO know what ] was going TO do rbout|
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