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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 4 5 6 4'3/S PRISON REFORM AND PRISON SUNDAY. 8iR,_In view of the fact that Sunday next the JOth inst U Prison Mu.id..v »n I ii ... pretty generally „Wrv«l a, ,uch l.y the clergy of this Provi„r we l..»e t ,>u , K ? * ^'""'"''^^ ** of Canada. Ihe Association han n.e.noralized the ..nUrio (iovern nent on .he 1 ^7 ^"7"''';" the app„„un.e„t of a ConH„i,,ion of co.nptent Kentlenu-n to c I 1 ,"'"'"''*''' ^°'' refonnatorie,, h.une. of correction, workhou es, etc with a view t. hi "f'"^,"'"""" r*-'""'"'" P"-"'^ n.etho,l« of dealing with t.,.- crin.i classes. They -Irl 1 o s ll.t t 7Z " "'" """' "'''"•"^'^ -^erecting snifieient pri,,on an.l reforn,at.,ry aci, iTtirZ P """'""''''''' '"'" the g,«,U of criminal., convicted of cri.ne an.I und l"ce W T'"" ^ """f"'"'"'^ "■""" 0.^ of prisoners there will then ,. roon. for clL:itti: ^ dlr ^'ZZX> '"' "''T "' '"" •nd awaiting trial. The following resnl>.Hn„« l i . isolation of person.s under custody the OovernnLit : *" "" ^"''"' "''*" '"''"' '"•""""'""J-d to the favoral.le consideration of 1. County gaols should be maintained only as olftces of Het.enf mn f„ "•f f."""' "" """ ""' "• - '■' f"~." ^r.li - z.t!:r *""•" ■*'■ """"- ■"" ^^^^e they eaube provided with .hould iK, detained i« sail iiLitu or^Ir L.t^ " ^^ ' ""'''"' "f-'-'o'^ inftuences ; and they pe^iteutiary for life. They r^ L itriZt^^^^^^^^^^^ reformation Ukes place. * lorreited all right to regain their liberty unless provided either by enlargini^^ Centra PrLT "" '"""^ '"''"''" '^'"^ •^<'"'"'^">d.tion sluuld be the other in the west. The^lu d t un Z ' ' '*° "''"'""''' P"^""^ ""« '" *'■<' «-' -^ .nd the reformatory principteiniUmt. ,!!.';" ""' P;"°" '^"'*""- "r''" P"«°"« '''-"'d »'« graded, with said system "^ ' """" ""'"■"^'^ '•"■■" '*"'' ''f'^'- ^^e l-^t model, should be iucor^rated ubor'orga':;xr:LMt:::'tr?e;i':fr^ On examining the prison .Ut stL for he P ^ IT ^^" *''"" ^""" " ''''^"^ standpoint. 1888, we were vefy mu!h "rS " Ind ha^T'"" t '*"". '"' ""' '^' ""''"'« ^'P*^""'- ^Oth. -r county ,W. i„ i^«„?r r^ir?.."^ oJH ""' '"™' ' '" *"" ""'"^''^ «.^«^ />---. -« in idleness, and the young and the c^m^I'tf; Iv'"" ""'"' *'' ""'■■" **'^'" °' "'«■• '•"?"--""-» , hardened « .tohes wh'o ha^ gin o dTSlt '""H T Tf "' '"'^ '"^ "'""' """■""^ -"> 4.000 persons committed toglol who wm7"oTe f^ !.'"" *" '"'' '*"** ''»«™ *«■•« "'^-t of these were doubtless perfectly innoZt a^^not Ir .!;! V:*"" ""'""■«^' '°^ ""-^^ "'-"-• ^-^ trial, f^m lack of classifirtion. lZZ^i^j2^"t"" It """'""' °'*'"' •"'* *''°' *•"'« «--»-8 of the common gaols. assoc.at.oa with the most degraded in the crowded corridors chrisL^z:!;^:i^::ir^tizri::;^r\^™"rr one, namely, the establishing of sufficient prison S r«Z T . *'"' ""'^ """""^y '' " "^^'^^ gaol, of all pe™.n. under Itence. tlT.TStZtZ:^^^^'''^ '^l''^'! "'"-^ '""^ «ia lerseiy put by J. W. Ungmuir, Esq., late Inspector of PrUonih » follows, " Th, rem»dy u in a nuUMl-^ eenlral pruon in th, tost and a e^ntrnl pruon m answer any questions you may desire, I am, yours sincerely, A. A. Bkdku. Aymt ami IFon/eii. Our Ohio Boanl of Charities and Corrections, (or many years past, have recommended similar propoeilioiis upon our SUU authorities, andtoa largeextent have secure.1 legislative action, so that in the main they now have the sanction of law. I am glad to know that public eentiment U comma up to them in Canada, and 1 trust you will persevere until their full ailoption is secured. Very sincerely yours, R. BBIHKSHHurV. from W M. t'. Ramd, tircrrtarg New Tort Stale Prmmen' Aid AmocieU an inef faiealile mark ou him ; he is forever after less strong to resist evil Ihe county gaols are simply an abommation ! He lools of crime ill every sense. They have no place in any moiieru system of penal procwture. lu but few casts is the e any I punitive effect; they are never reformative. I wish I could i hell, you more in your work, but you have the truism liel. re you and Iwlievo in it, vis : No reduction of crime without r« '' foniiatiou ..f criiidnals i no reformation of criminals without . i clawiHcation and systematic educative labor ; no claaaillas- j tion and systematic eilucativeUborpracticablewithoutentIrs i uiiiiicatioii of yiiur prison system. I Faithfully youn. Wm .M. K. R cHii. fnm Hon. Chat. DwiUy Warner, of Hartford, Conn Deab .Sib,— I approve most conlially your plan of Prises We must in some way st .p the manufacture of a criminal class, in our inferi.ir jiils and lock U|>s. Institutional life alwavs has it* objections, and even in oar best juvenile reformatories injury is done by herding together those of dlHerent ilegries of depravity. We want to Iw mure active in every way in the preventing of Clime- tliat is, in lesaeuing the number of those liable to commit it. ,.,,■■ i „ i Yet with all our pr ciutions there will !» criminals and a criin'inal class. We nevei- shall make any real progress I no matt r how many model prisons we have -until we attack that class directly. . i» .i. . 1,1. As soon as it is evident that a man belongs t» it. that hU intention is to live by preying upon "'i'^'yv >>• •■""'"^i* locked up and be forced to earn his IWng by labor. Its should b- incarcerateil exactly as an insane person » shut up. until he is Ht to have his liberty. If he can l>s reforme.1 at all it will 1» by such a drill alfectintj the body, the intellect, and the moala as i. given at Klmira, lonti enough continued to affecHlie whole nature by 91WI/ ■«• Vhe ilefeot st Klmira is that the sen enc-e Is not indeter minat^. Con»icU can only l« held there lor the maximum time for which they could have been senUnced. I here should be no limit any more than with the insane. The incarceration of professional criminals is demanded by ecoi.omy, and would be insisted ou if the taxpayer, under stowl the matter. It would do much to check ths prop»i» ' tion of person, with criminal tendencies, and it is tne