PRISON REFORM.

Mataura Ensign, 20 March 1909, Page 5

PRISON REFORM.

VIEW'S Or i ; i.'. . iiS \)L.\', . hi; cilia- i-ki.ss .•o.suu.vi in.-;. t>L'M-;!.'l.\, .V!:= i..-!. I.'. L" J.-1---1- lII' anspi'-o, e. I i,. • i JLMJI-'iiu I'lison Hc.ii.rm .-iu.-n.iv the. Ll«u. lii. rmcitiiv i.\liui.,icr bo ..os.i'oi'octnereo a lecture io-ii!gi'i in in- ,i!i i am." Hall ..n ■■rn;<i|i C m. in, :.• iw,:it Li.-.., altcii-.lni.ee. 11l Urn colli'.,:* -.I ;,n .Midi.:-, m capping an Ijmii' and n-iiaii Ul. I'imiiay said linn a;; a ui'i'.ri. ill, .. illicr up.,',, tun guanine, iir.-.i oli.-ud, r ..i i J11■ hanit ual rijniinai, icngiii n! «:i:iuii.!'jiii!ii ui had little, c11.,i. il„ 1,i,:, mil lllni.-,. v';: in ill LV llupri.vmlli.U! I'll a'J i'g'il, • : protection lOSOCiclv. (!|l I In; centl';!!''. , u would he in iue Levi ~1 i.'iesi, ;., society li a number of men now m tin gaols wlm have proved i'li'liitslw., (.. bo incurable criminals uere kept in ih ■ tenti'jn for llie iv.'-l 0. 1 their lives. Wha; lie desired to make .lear v. a:-: ttuii people greally o\cr-rstimatcd 1 lie ilr torrent cfiicacy ..'' long iiiipriviiiii:. n and greatly uii'lcr-estiiuale'l or ulieil/, ignored tile pet l.H'ious inlll'.enees it Inc.

The real pr;jyi'i-.=-i ainie.! at was r. duct ion of crime, Henceforth ii-woul.

!'e tho retormaiion ol the prisoner, n:i; ills punishni.u,!. wnieii would he lie dominant, motive. They vmild regard not- so much tl'.e offence, as the oll'ender'. A broad feature thai marked all a,I

Minced systems of prison reform w.iclatsiiicntioii. In adtliuou to ciasoiiications certain gcuertil principle. ;, of re formative treiitment might, -'bo laid down. The criminal might lie reformed by (I) proper classification; ('2) punishment in proper cases; (o) discipline, submission to regulation and rules oi right conduct, building up habit; (!■ treatment involving physical and men tal development; teaching, inelndiup; agricultural ::!:■.! "id'islriul training ami mental and moral impio'. eincut; C'i) kincliic.-s and encoiiiageincul. where tlescn'ed of necessary: (7) liiiiely relea.M> on parole «lien his determination and i.ipaeily to lead a better life an. npe and when ttirthef intpiisonment would only discourage him and harden I'.im by despair; (t f ) aid and friendly advice ami supervision alter his releav ','!) unlimited detention in gaol

of those o! continue'! cbninality whose i.e.. tho indeterminate sentence; (!(!' by I, proper selection, education, ami training of warders and gaolers.