PENAL SYSTEM
deputation to minister. USE OF PROBATION. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, June 29. Replying to-day to a deputation from the Howard League, which submitted that the present penal system was unscientific and that it neither reformed nor deterred offenders, the Minister of Justice, Hon. J. G. Cobbe, said the latest figures regarding the Borstal in Invercargill showed that only 14 per cent, of the inmates came before the courts again. Referring to the work of the Prisons Board, he said there was no tendency to keep prisoners in gaol when their conduct warranted a reduction of sentence. Concerning the proposal for a more extended use of probation, Mr Cobbe said he was given to understand judges had made considerable use of it, but it had not proved a success. The anticipated number of those who benefited did not seem to learn a lesson and the tendency now was to increase the sentences and make a more sparing use of probation.
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Southland Times, Issue 22055, 30 June 1933, Page 8
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162PENAL SYSTEM Southland Times, Issue 22055, 30 June 1933, Page 8
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