Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-16

w yHEN womsh breaks law of
M the United States, she is
v withdrawn from society.
! Formerly she was put into
place in which she was
forced merely to wait until she could
return. Now, with the establishment of
the Federal Industrial Institution at
Anderson. w. Va, she is started on
road that brings her out at the end of
her term of separation far in advance
of the place where she went in. I
She enters an institution that &C g.
siders her from the beginning as fan
Individual. that decides her ply n ca
md mental status and her srA;ial
characteristics and abilities, and bans
development.
AS the superintendent. Dr. rElry B
Harris. explains the purpose of fthe in
Etitution and the intent of Fits ad-
ministrators. 1T is our job to krehabili-
Rate the women sent here"
Rehabilitation, in its stron Eest sense
D. the establishment on a n oper basis
Condition a. is is the keync r. Of 0' the
institution.
An instance of this S,consfructive
cork is the case of an lfF .year-old girl
d Virginia mountaineer, sentenced for
biolation of the prohlhj4 ion law. She
HiA not realize that>sfe Twas breaking a
bsx Of the Goxernmerf.; her parents
had taught~her to fake moonshine
When she came to tie institution she
had never seen electric lighting, indoo,
plumbing or a train I She did not know
The colors of the A ilerican flag.
she could do or ~ the most simple
booking and farfl work. She was
Taught at the in tuition how to sew
now to clean pre- I1erly, to do advanced
cooking, correct Fable service. funda-
enentals OF the H1ed Cross course, and
how to read an write. When she left
she had clea idea Of the seriousness
Df her ofensef and she was fitted to
pe capable 4iurse or housemaid.
Such .specifkc improvement is brought
about about b by ~ efreful planning Of every T
with the omen who are sent there
And that planning is practically all
Inclusive, flor the institution has the
exceeding r. rare quality, that is claimed
but not possessed by many similar or
g2nizati sls, of being administered for
and &c fuinely for. the inmates.
hl1C Lllho @
Noma 3 comes TO the institution AND
Startsk on the road that leads to the re-
Cove e. Of her position in society, she
Us EIrrounded~ by influences that help
NE & to learn a better way to go back
PSi to%gain the physical and mental
fErength to maintain that way. Hel
Foad is definitely marked out and pre-
fcisely hedged, and it requires adapta-
tficn and industry TO progress, but il
Siterally lies in pleasant places.
Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, the
assistant attorney general, has a special
interest in the institution. because the
administration of Federal prisons is one
OF her assignments in the Department
OF Justice. and has been on the ad-
Iv!sory board since it started When she
first took up her work in the Depart.
n1ent OF Justice. which included the
supervision Of the prison bureau, she
was shocked to find that the Fedora
Government had no place to put it!
women prisoners. They were boarded
Iaround in country jails and some o.
'flem were placed in the most UNI
Erolescme conditions.
Mrs. Willebrandt worked one Who'll,
scar for a bill to create 3 Wornan's in
AGtution: this did not pass Not dis