NEW WOMEN'S CLUB.
TALE ON PENAL REFORM. i | Mrs. W. B. Darlow presided over a good [ a ttendance of members and guests at the New Women's Club on Friday last, when Miss Leila, Langsford, secretarv lof the Howard League for Penal i Reform, gave an address on "Some Aspects of Penal Reform." Miss Langsford spoke of the difficulties experienced by all countries in dealing with the unsocial element. The object of punishment, slie said, was protection for the community only, and the days of the retributive sentence were past. Miss Langsford gave interesting details of the modern Wakefield Prison. Here prisoners were not put in solitary confinement except during the night. They associated freely with each other from 8.30 a.m. till 6 p.m., and ate, worked, and talked together. Earning schemes were also in progress. The work of the Howard League of Penal Reform was explained in detail.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 137, 13 June 1938, Page 12
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