Evening star., 1933-05-18
. ATRIA, San Salvador.-Capt.
Regino Bolanos. director Of the
Central Penitentiary, informed
lis this morning that they have

~ ATR1A, San Salvador.-Capt.
- Regime Bolanos. director Of the
Central Penitentiary, informed
i us this morning that they have
now actually begun construction
Of the foundations of the building in
which will be housed library for the
use and benefit Of those confined in this
institution. For some time such pro-
vision for the edification Of the inmates
has been mooted, but 1t required the
initiative and determination OF Capt.
Bolanos to bring the plan to actual
fruition As the head Of a cooperative
enterprise, distinct from his regular
duties, he has succeeded with the help
of his friends and other public-spirited
citizens, in raising funds needed to sup
plement the inadequate donation OF
the government.
It is the intention Of Capt. Bolanos
to grant library privileges only to those
prisoners whose conduct Is exemplary.
Refractory and morose subjects Will be
restrained in this enjoyment just as
they are denied other opportunities Tor
entertainment and recreation. Since
illiteracy Is so easily recognized as the
basis Of moral and intellectual in
capacity, with the establishment Of the
library, a greater attention and impetus
will be accorded the arts Of reading and
writing In the school rooms OF the
penitentiary.
Apartment Owners
Complain in Spain.
La Vanguardia, Barcelona. - Yes
terday there was presented to the
judiciary of the civil guard denun9a-
ton against approximately rs tenants
a{vayv Ia q
naent houses located In the Horta dis
trict. It is complained that these
occupants have not only declined to
pay their rents, but also installed GER
tain clandestine devices which have
enabled them, over period OF several
months to obtain electric fluid gratu-
itously for their lighting and cooking,
and it Is further suspected, even 1or
warming their quarters. This double
default as regards both rentals and
electric current will be carefully In
vestigated.
improvements Urged
in Mexican Prisons.
Ell Universal, Mexico, d. Eve are
informed that Gen. Francisco Mugica,
investigator for the Secretarta de
Gobernacion Department OF State),
who has Just returned from an inspec-
tion of the penal colonies in the 1slas
Marias, will present to the judicial div1-
sion Of the government many 1mpor-
tant recommendations relative to the
Improvement of conditions In these
prison camps.
Gen. Mugica's visit to the Islas
Marias convinced him of the urgent
necessity of one vital change In the
present arrangements Of the establish
ment. The minor delinquents, If they
may be so denominated when we re-
fleet that none are sent to this isolated
region for trifing infractions OF the
law, must be strictly separated from
the Injured offenders, and from those
especially for whom there Is no hope
of reformation. The regeneration OF
those not long hardened in crime Gen.
Mugica considers feasible when contact
is no longer allowed with those 30
warped in all moral sense and decency
of conduct that the association could
only bring to lower depths others not
completely submerged In depravity ana
guilt.
Gen. Mugica Is In favor Of q prison
system which will grade the various
offenders according to the nature ana
gravity Of their commissions, instead
of herding all classes together In one
nondescript company. This can be ef-
fected by dividing the colony into q
number Of distinct camps, each having
no communication with the others.
This new departure In our penal science
would isolate the desperate, the in
corrigible, and the degenerate, and
make possible the reclamation OF the
less iniquitous.
\
Self Help Favored
For Australian J0bless.
The Bulletin, Sydney, N. S. W.: For
three years the Bulletin has been urg-
ing that unemployment in Australia Is
quite unnecessary-that the unem-
ployed might be profltably occupied IN
supplying their own needs. For the
purpogeg of argument it has again and