TRAINING PRISONERS
“Short periods in jail give prison officers no opportunity to train these people. It is the duty of the prison governor and his officers to train citizens. To achieve that end we have to make the jails as much like the outside world as possible. To that end the prisoners must be fit. Their minds must be trained; their outlook changed. Prisoners to-day are big factories where men and women work at useful tasks for liO hours a day making goods, which are of use to the community. Thereby they learn the habits of industry, and over them are the prison officers. No longer are these representatives of vengeful society, but leaders of men—men who are being led back to the paths of society. Nevertheless it is no use being sentimental about prisoners. Any number of people are willing to shed tears for the criminal, yet few are willing to help him keep straight.”— Mr Gilbert Hair, Governor of Cardiff Prison, in a recent speech.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3822, 16 October 1936, Page 3
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