CHAPTER I.--THE MEANING OF "PRISON REFORM." 1

"Prison Reform"--a phrase of many meanings. The aim of the modern prison administration. The prison population. Influences operating for "reform" in prisons--religious services, visitation, education, lectures and addresses, summary of weekly news of the world, &c. No 'law of silence' strictly so-called: talking exercise in prisons, &c. Non-criminal persons committed under special legislation during the war--the prison system not intended for such. Officers of prisons and their power of influence for good. The special categories of the Borstal lad, and the 'habitual offender' at Camp Hill. The three directions along which 'prison reform' might proceed,--the organization and development of Probation: the extension of the principle of Preventive Detention to the Penal Servitude system: the co-ordination of preventive efforts.

CHAPTER. II.--THE PRISON COMMISSION: OFFENCES, AND PUNISHMENTS. 18

Constitution of Prison Board. Establishments under control of Prison Board. The criminal law and its a administration, punishments, &c. Probation Act, 1907. Court of Criminal Appeal.