VARIOUS PENAL SYSTEMS.
The Victorian Inspector-General cf Penal Establishments, who has returned from a tour of inspection of the principal prisons of Europe and America, says that the system at the English prisons is very much tlie ; same as that adopted in Victoria. In Belgium the solitary system is carried out up to ten years, and in Holland to five, the treatment after these, periods being very similar to that in Victoria. At the well-known Elmira prison in New York the system of indeterminate sentences is adopted. This means that- if a man is sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment lie may, if he behaves well and convinces the officers that he has reformed, be liberated on probation, but kept under supervision. This system, which lias been in operation since 18< 7, is said to be successful. At the Elmira prison the dietary is comparatively liberal, and the prisoners are allowed many indulgences. The inmates of the prison are subject to regular military discipline. The information obtained by the I imp e ctor- Gen eral will, he utilised bv the Victorian Per
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1507, 17 January 1901, Page 66
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