PRISON ADMINISTRATION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19952, 20 November 1926, Page 22

PRISON ADMINISTRATION.

TO THE EDITOR. Sib—l am afraid that the Minister in char so of prisons fl"0s not recognise how seriously the confidence of the public in the administration of our gaols Has been shaken by the ill-advised release of Banmo. This is riot n of party politics. It is one that goes to the roots of our prison methods. , The Minister s present nroposal to appoint a commissioner with limited powers to; inquire into some details will never satisfy the public. I submit the time lias now come when a searebine inquiry should be made into fh" modes and method, of the alleged reformative detention in New Zealand, the nr,notice of the Prisons Board, and the personnel of Ibe warders and of the officials rooornmenr] Hip rlisphnrfre of prisoneis. To "o into onp't’ons report «-Wp ~we linvp fnilpi how our system should he imivnred. it is to appoint a commission. with a broad referprir,„ nr , r ] ndrle-f r-owers haying a Supreme fVv'rt indge d-v-rpi" -! any etc.. n TTir'SOV, Dunedin '