The Joliet Prison Post Volume 1, No. 4 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...to the cells unless he betrays his trust. The idea is to make this home for trusties both comfortable and elevating. The work for trusties outside of the walls will be on the farms and roads. The men will come and go without guards wherever the work of the prison takes them and they are placed upon their honor to return at least by night. The prisoners who are not trusties are kept within the prison walls at all times. They are permitted to converse freely either between themselves or with visitors when out in the rotunda or prison yards. Outside of working hours they are encouraged in their desire for popular pastimes, such as playing cards and checkers or engaging in athletic sports, principally baseball. Men who do not behave properly are punished according to their deserts; the infliction of cruel and unusual punishments is not permitted. There is a night school for illiterate prisoners with an average nightly attendance of about one hundred and forty scholars. A great drawback to proper prison management at this institution, according to Warden Dick, comes from lack of employment for the inmates, his hands being tied by lack of money with which to operate. It is the intention to make a decisive effort to induce the next legislature to make satisfactory arrangement for more extensive work on the roads of the state. Although Warden Dick was appointed seven years ago by former Governor C. N. Haskell, the present governor, Lee Cruce, has at all times been the staunch supporter of the warden's progressive prison policies. @ (r) (r) LIMITED SELF-GOVERNMENT FOR PRISONERS AT THE AUBURN, NEW YORK, PRISON Rewritten for The Joliet Prison Post From an Article in the New York World Warden Charles T. Rattigan, of the Auburn, New York, prison, has permitted hi