Progress in Prison: A Survey of the Activities and Aims of the Correctional Institutions |
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Page 5 - Congress that the said institutions be so planned and limited in size as to facilitate the development of an integrated federal penal and correctional system which will assure the proper classification and segregation of federal prisoners...
Page 5 - That which is past is gone and irrevocable, and wise men have enough to do with things present and to come : therefore they do but trifle with themselves that labour in past matters. There is no man doth a wrong for the wrong's sake, but thereby to purchase himself profit, or pleasure, or honour, or the like.
Page 43 - Whatsoever is brought upon thee take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate. For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
Page 113 - The Attorney General may designate any public or private agency for the custody, care, subsistence, education, and training of the juvenile during the period for which he was committed. The cost of such custody and care may be paid from the appropriation for "Support of United States prisoners" or such other appropriation as the Attorney General may designate.
Page 115 - Where the judge is of the opinion that a sentence of more than 1 year should be imposed, he is required by the act to impose at first a general sentence of imprisonment which shall be for the maximum term prescribed by law ; but he is empowered to modify this sentence after he has had opportunity to be advised by the Board of Corrections with regard to it. The act provides that the Board of Corrections, in those cases, shall within 6 months after the offender begins service of his sentence recommend...
Page 115 - THE INDETERMINATE SENTENCE The indeterminate sentence is an effort to make punishment truly reformative. Its theory is that one who has been guilty of serious infraction of the criminal laws should be imprisoned for such time as is necessary to cure him of his antisocial tendencies and should then be conditionally released under parole, with adequate supervision, for such time as is necessary to restore him to the normal life of a law-abiding citizen of the community. Since it is impossible to foresee...
Page 115 - ... general sentence of imprisonment which shall be for the maximum term prescribed by law; but he is empowered to modify this sentence after he has had opportunity to be advised by the Board of Corrections with regard to it. The act provides that the Board of Corrections, in those cases, shall within 6 months after the offender begins service of his sentence recommend what in its opinion the definite sentence ought to be, and that the judge shall thereupon fix the definite sentence, which shall...
Page 115 - ... subject to review or control of any sort. "The merit of the bill heretofore indorsed by the conference is that it provides a scientific and intelligent approach to the question of sentencing. Under it, sentence is deferred until the prisoner can be thoroughly studied and his reaction to imprisonment ascertained. Opinions of psychiatrists and criminologists, as well as prison officials, are available to the sentencing board ; and the board will be the same body that will ultimately have the power...
Page 115 - ... recommend what in its opinion the definite sentence ought to be, and that the judge shall thereupon fix the definite sentence, which shall be the sentence to be served by the prisoner. The Board shall state its reasons in its recommendation. If the judge disapproves the sentence recommended, he is required to state his reasons, but is not bound by the recommendation and may proceed to fix the definite sentence to be served by the prisoner in accordance with his judgment. If the Board fails to...
Page 70 - ... railway systems in the Southern States were included in several groups. What was known as the Morgan group embraced the Southern Railway, the Mobile and Ohio, the Queen and Crescent, the Central of Georgia, the Georgia Southern and Florida, and the Macon and Birmingham. To the Pennsylvania group belonged the Chesapeake and Ohio, the Norfolk and Western, and the Baltimore and Ohio; the Gould group took in the Texas and Pacific, Missouri, Kansas and Texas; the Belmont group included the Louisville...