Category: History - Modern (1750+)

The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy (New Series, No. 50) November 1911

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Chapters

5. Part 5

All commitments are made to the original workhouse in the city. There the women remain, but about two fifths of the men are transferred to the correction farm. On a recent day t...

6. Part 6

In dealing with delinquents, it is the personal touch that tells. Human nature craves for sympathy. Kingsley was once asked what the secret of his joyous, buoyant life was, and...

7. Part 7

Mr. Wickersham favored the extension of the parole law to include life prisoners. He regarded as an incongruity that prisoners sentenced to long terms for vicious crimes should...

1. Part 1

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4. Part 4

Grateful recognition is also made of “the valuable services of the visitors of the Pennsylvania Prison Society, the American Society for Visiting Catholic Prisoners, the Protest...

2. Part 2

The warden, Robert J. McKenty, is untiring in efforts to promote the welfare of those under his charge. To him and to the other officials the members of the Committee are under...

3. Part 3

“Whenever any person, convicted in any court of this Commonwealth of any crime, shall be sentenced to imprisonment in either the Eastern or Western Penitentiary, the court, inst...

8. Part 8

Report of American Prison Association, Washington, D. C. 1910 Correction and Prevention. 4 vols. Charles Richmond Henderson Editor, 1910. I. Prison Reform--Criminal Law in the U...