BRITISH PRISONS.
MANY YOUNG PRISONERS. EFFECT OF UNEMPLOYMENT. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.] Received March 13, 9.45 a.m. LONDON, March 12. The prisons report shows that there are 55,019 inmates of prisons, 2597 fewer than in the previous year. The maintenance cost £1,034,000. Tho regime has been transformed through the introduction of more humane treatment, interesting work, helpful training, attractive concerts and lectures,'less rigid rules permitting conversation. Already good results have been obtained. It. is noteworthy that gaolbirds arc better educated than formerly, but softer and more inclined to whine.
The governor of the Dartmoor prison says that neurasthenia and nervous breakdowns, which were formerly rare, are now fashionable, and there are frequent requests for aspirin sleeping draughts and nerve tonics. The governor of Cardiff prison says unemployment is producing a heavy crop of young prisoners. The governor of Brixton prison dorhires the authorities must sooner or later, in the interests of society, face the problem of the segregation of sexual perverts.
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16747, 13 March 1926, Page 5
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