CHAPTER XIV.--"PATRONAGE" OR AID TO DISCHARGED PRISONERS:

ITS EFFECT ON RECIDIVISM. 164

Former system of aid to discharged convicts. Gratuity system different from '_cantine_' or '_pécule_' system. Early history of aid to local discharged prisoners. Provisions made by Acts of 1862 and 1865. System under Act of 1877. Inquiry of Committee of 1894 and recommendations. Scheme of 1897. Formation of 'Central Association.' Discontinuance of Convict Gratuity System. New scheme for aid of Local prisoners, 1913. The Central Organization of Aid Societies; Aid to wives and families of prisoners. Proposed National Society for Prevention of Crime, and protection of the young offender. Aid on discharge from Borstal Institutions and Preventive Detention Prisons.