The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-20
Arguments Listed f or
 State Farm Jail Plan

linquency is thus made profitable and the increase of delinquents very lu- crativel To call this Court and County Jail System Justice" is ab- surd. A United States prisoner pays ony cents for Police Wagon serv- ice from Lookup to Jail, and from Jail to Court, etc., and If trans ported by public conveyance, he pays only the public fares. How ever, at the Judiciary Hearing, Feb ruary 18th, Bill was presented to investigate and rectify this iniquity of Costs" connected with lower Courts and the Jail System. Next to War, delinquency and crime are our most destructive, costly Government items.
 Solution Offered
 Here Is a suggestion to the solu- ton of the Jail problem. To put Economy first, the State might take over control of the entire County Jail System, abolish graft, and close the worst cell-blocks immediately; and then there is the plan for the Central State Jail Farm Commun- ity. Our most enlightened citizens agree on the necessity of @ model It should be planned to ALLOW Central State Jail Farm Community. FOR EXPERIMENTAL stations, to draw to excess population, and avoid centralized despotism. JUDICIARY HEARING-Remember, February Fist, next Tuesday, l:3o p. m., Old Senate Chamber, Hartford, Capitol The Judiciary Hearing allowing public discussion of the State Farm Community Bill-This Central State Farm Community must be equipped to Solve the Unknown Quantities of Delinquency, includ- ing, Problems of Vagrants or Workers Hunting Work, from all sections of the U. S. A. North, South and West, beside our natives; also to solve the difficulties of prisoners diverse races, French Can- adians, Italians, Polanders, Rus sians, Lithuanians, Germans, Me- groes, Orientals, etc. Parnassuson Wheels, Inc, had discovered all these races and more making to- gether large preponderance of the prisoners in Jail, and they are mostly Catholics. The problem also includes difficulties over factory hands, machinists, tradesmen and agriculturists.. To solve these in- tricate human problems a per- manent, competent staff of eX- perts will be required, not mere ly one Physician, two or three Chaplains, one Superintendent, some more guards. The Staff must be INTELLECTUALLY and MOR- ALLY EQUAL or superior to the FINEST minds among the PRIS- OVERS. The Staff must be capable of fulfilling the tremendous task of retrieving human failures, and starting the prisoners right again, as far as lies within human power.
 Prisoners Post
 Even inside our present Jails, de- grading as they are, certain human rights prevail; the right to give and take and be friendly with your fel- low prisoner; the right of free speech and free assembly within bounds, sense of friendliness between of ficers and prisoners; the right to resume citizenship and to vote; the sentenced Jail prisoner refuses to be called "a criminal" Prisoners charged with only petty offenses should re- tain the rights above named hence, the Government of our Gen. tral State Jail Farm Community, should be more liberal and on dif- ferent lines than the Government of a prison, and the Community Farm Jail sentences should be right ly and LOGICALLY RELATED to the prisoners past and to his fu- ture. These prisoners are more than Hands" to be "worked"-they have minds to be inspired and souls to be saved. Parnassus on Wheels, Inc, re- peats 1t fundamental aims. 1. That our Jail System should be un- der the control of the Central State Religion should be recognized by Government; 2. That the aims of giving to prisoners proper places of worship, and sufficient number of Chaplains; 3. Adequate Hospital care and treatment; 4. Opportunities of Education, as part of the discipline with definite times and proper places set aside for instructions: 5. Advancement of wise and executive probation system in our State.
 Parnassus on Wheels. Inc. has in- dicated in a small way what Eng land and other lands have proved in a much larger way, that a vast amount can be done by free volun- teer work in the education and re- covery of prisoners. Hence, what giving control of Penal Institutions rights the Counties would lose in to the State, would be counter balanced by the enlarged services of the People in direct cooperation with the authorities in these same institutions.
 GENEvIEvE COWLES.
 Parnassus on Wheels. Inc, 2 Merpat Park. Wethersfield. Conn.