Report of the California State Penological Commission: In Compliance with Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 5, Passed February 16, 1885 [and Report of W.C. Hendricks to the Penological Commission of California, a Supplemental Or Minority Report of Said Commission]. |
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A. G. BYERS agent answers April April 19 April 21 asylum believe better Board of Charities Board of Managers boys BRINKERHOFF BROCKWAY California State Penological causes of crime character child committed conduct confined CONTINUED-SEC county jails Court DEAR SIR DEVLIN discharged convicts discharged prisoners discipline duty earn effect Elmira Reformatory employment evil experience F. B. SANBORN favor February 18 girls give Governor honest House of Correction human Illinois imprisonment indeterminate sentence industrial influence inmates insane institution ISAAC G June June 29 juvenile ment moral offense Ohio Penitentiary pardoning power parole system penal Penological Commission persons police practical present Prison Association prison labor prison management prison officers proper punishment question received Reform School release reply respectfully ROBERT Sacramento San Francisco says society ticket of leave tion treatment views Warden workhouse York
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Page 14 - How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray.
Page 159 - It is good neither to eat flesh nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth or is offended or is made weak.
Page 58 - Heaven is not reached at a single bound ; But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round.
Page 71 - ... to return to actual custody any conditionally released or paroled prisoner, and it is hereby made the duty of all officers to execute said order the same as ordinary criminal process.
Page 142 - Tis granted, and no plainer truth appears, Our most important are our earliest years. The mind impressible and soft, with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue That education gives her, false or true.
Page 55 - ... or of release from their control, which system shall be subject to revision from time to time. Each prisoner so sentenced shall be credited...
Page 126 - January, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, the labor of convicts shall not be let out by contract to any person, copartnership, company, or corporation, and the Legislature shall, by law, provide for the working of convicts for the benefit of the State.
Page 118 - Humanity and good policy conspire to dictate, that the benign prerogative of pardoning should be as little as possible fettered or embarrassed. The criminal code of every country partakes so much of necessary severity, that without an easy access to exceptions in favor of unfortunate guilt, justice would wear a countenance too sanguinary and cruel.
Page 71 - ... who may have served the minimum term provided by law for the crime for which he was convicted, and who has not previously been convicted of a felony, and served a term in a penal institution...
Page 98 - ... of the persons to whom Issued, the date of issue, the time for which the same was granted, and the sums paid therefor, and to perform such other duties as he may be required to perform by the provisions of this act, or by ordinance. He shall receive for his services a salary to be fixed by the city council, not exceeding the sum of one hundred dollars per month.