Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-03-09

Hoover on important HdtlOIial 10
sues.
Asserting there had been much
Intentional Misrepresentation" OF
his own attitude in respect to Sc
lection of delegates in Ohio. Sena-
tor Willis said the Hoover manage
ment would make war in Ohio poli'
tics rather than permit me to have
fair chance"
Picturing Mr.. Hoover as looking
This neglect is gross at Great
Meadow and Napanoch. 1t is a
sharp commentary upon the policy
of the State which has in its State
prison shop buildings condemned as
dangerous and unsafe to human
health and life. Besides the INSULT
cheney of machinery and other equip
ment, much of that provided is an
tiquated, slow and costly to run.
The condition is beyond amendment
by prison officers under existing
statutes.
"The cost to society of idleness in
the State prisons may not he cal
culated exactly, but it is enormous
because idleness wrecks almost every
plan for the rehabilitation of con-
victs and their return to the outside
world accustomed to the work habit
and adaptable to general employ
ment."
With the establishment of the
clearing house at Sing Sing on a
workable basis with proper and
necessary equipment for the CLASH
fication and segregation Of prisoners
and the separation of confirmed
criminals from the possible reform
able men a forward step in
the efforts to reclaim the criminal"
the report says, "would be the en-
actment of correction to determine
in which prison the sentenced felon
should serve his term, after proper
study of him in the Sing Sing clinic.
Enlargement of existing prisons
and immediate improvement of sani-
tary conditions should be under
taken, it is urged. "The unsanitary
cells at Sing Sing have not all been
abandoned. The unwholesome cell
conditions in Clinton Prison at Dan
nemora, at Auburn Prison and at
Elmira Reformatory have not been
abated."
Specific Recommendations.
The following additional recon-
mendations are made:
The work of constructing the new
cell blocks at Sing Sing should be
continued to completion with I'M
abated energy.
Provision should be made for the
new prison in the western part of
the State and for the enlargement
of the existing prisons to house ade-
quately the prison populations and
to permit proper classification and
segregation of the various types of
convicts.
Appropriations should be made to
carry out the plans for the modern
ization of Auburn Prison.
Sufficient personnel and full equip
ment should be provided for the
classification clinic and clearing
house at Sing Sing.
Modern standard shops and shop
equipment for all prisons should be
provided so that prison idleness may
be ended.
The antiquated, unsanitary cell
blocks at Clinton Prison and at Ell
mira reformatory should be modern
lied.
Appropriations should be made so
that progressive utilization be made,
instead of waste, of the resources of
the reformatory for women at Bed
ford Hills.
Provision should be made for ade-
quate medical, educational, indus
trial and disciplinary organizations
in all the prisons.
Competent service is not readily
procurable at present rates of COM
pensation.
To meet modern conditions a new
prison law should he enacted.
The diet Of prisoners has been i'm
proved recently. 1t should be stud
led further. Proper feeding would
make commissaries unnecessary to a
large degree.
Provision should be made for a
building or ward at Elmira for the
study and treatment of psychopathic
cases.
An administration building,
chapel and larger mess hall should
be provided at Great Meadow Prison.
An employees home at Mattewan
and additional housing for women
patients should be provided.
More progress should be made in
the construction of the new cell
blocks projected for Napanoch.
A new reception and detention
building should be built at the State
Training School at Albion.
The recommendation above relate
to matters of pressing importance.
Provision should also be made, the
report says, to carry out the plans
prepared by the State Division of
Architecture for a complete prison
system, the work and expense to he
snread over a neriod Of wears