REFORMATIVE TREATMENT

Evening Star, Issue 21823, 12 September 1934, Page 6

REFORMATIVE TREATMENT

ONLY 26 PER CENT. OF RELEASED MEN RE-CONVICTED (From Ouk Parliamentary Keportee-I AVELLINGTON, September 11. f Satisfaction with the fact that only 26 per cent. .of prisoners uudeigoin ra Borstal or reformative treatment who were released on probation had been reconvicted, or had failed to comply witn the conditions of their release, is expressed in the annual report oi tfie Prisons Board. This is m marked contrast with the results horn leleasmg persistent offenders ot whom only 1J ner cent, refrained Ironi luithei ol fences, against 17 per cent, tor the preceding year. There has been .v tighten teg up (luring the year of releases o this class of prisoner. Ot 1.639 dealt with during the year, the boaid recommended 580 for release on probation and twenty-one for discharge, and discharged twenty-nine from probation. Prisoners who had been dealt with under the system of reformative detention were less liable to offend ‘j£ a 'l than those who had been declaied habitual criminals, but it was net ex - theless a source of gratification that a fair proportion of the lA™ l proved themselves sufficiently, trustworth,; to once mqre take then place among ordinary citizens.