PRISON TREATMENT
HARD LABOUR IN BRITAIN SLEEPING WITHOUT MATTRESSES LONDON. Aug. 31 Hard labour as ifc is now interpreted in British prisons, in distinction from light labour, is the labour of learning to* sleep for the first fortnight of a sentence without a mattress. The fact is revealed in a report from the Prison Commissioners, who recommend that a large number o£ men and women convicted of various offences should not be imprisoned, but placed upon probation, conditional upon their attendance at a mental hospital. This step would, the commissioners contend, largely decrease the prison population, while at the same time securing the proper treatment for many cases.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21281, 7 September 1932, Page 10
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