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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20504, 24 August 1936, Page 2

There were 13 ’scapes from New Zealand gaols last year, states the Prisons Department in its annual report. With one er?option all the prisoners were recaptured. This number, it is noted, is not higher than the average. “The extensive liberty allowed as a nr.ttcr of reclamative policy at the camps and farms actually affords greater facilities for c —s,” says Mr B. L, Dallard, Controller-Grnerr.l of Prisons, “and, as many prisoners are creatures of impulse, it is recognised that In o/-l c ’.ses advantage w’ll be taken of the freedom permitted, but, on the other hand, a measure of trust engenders self-respect, and experience shows that the taking of a cert: ill amount of risk is justified ”