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From the beginning of time man has had some form of punishment
for the offenders of sooietiss rules snd.regulstionsoThese forms of punishw
ment ranged flrom decapitationgloss of’one or more limbsgto just plain oonm
finement.Who devissd the system of confinement as s means of punishmentgl
do not know9but it has through the years proved inadequate and far from the
snswer to the problem.

Today our prison population.is at on all tins high.Is the allure of
crime so great? I think notgwith our modern day means of detestion.Who has
failed? The individual who comes frsm s, broken home? The men of poor envir=
onment or the sick and frustrated min? Nogsosietygthe people have failed.
'They have not found the solution to the problsmgss they hide their failures
behind high stone walls snd iron harso

It has become almost sxiomstis to say that s man becomes a criminal
not by his first offenssgbut by his first imprisonmentoHe has become a jail»
birdgand that is how society looks at hingwith very rare exceptions,when he
is released.If society doesnfit want to meet thst man again in five or ten -
years at the wrong end of s gungit had better study the needsgiearsgdrivesg
and pathologies of’thst man and its own evils that helped create them.It had
better give him s seal second shsnseOSosiety will have to decide whether it
wants animalistis revenge os solution to orimooIt cannot have botho

While progress is being madegpensl wisepin dealing with the_offender,
the people of this state ss we11.ss other states must give more attention to
the problem,keeping in mind the shsnging attitudes is more than on instituta
ional questiongbut ultimately resolves right back into the communitieso

More interest must be shown in the man in prisonols he being trained
so that he might adequately support himself and his family? Is he being given
the medical or psychiatric help he may require? Is this man given adequate
clothing and funds upon his discharge to sustain him? Is his job sufficient
for his familyfls support? These qpestions are important to the man in prison,
but more so to our society or they msy fhoe that man again under adverse con=
ditions.Why? Societies indifferenoeo (Tush Page)

 

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“ The average man sent to prisongis not a "Professional"Criminalgbut

a man who has made a mistakeoThey are What you would call a nuisance crime
inal.They are men who cash petty checks while drinking or men who rob"juke"
boxes for drinking money.These men are not dangerous to society,but they

are held in prison at a cost of better than $2900 permdoy as against the cost
of .37 per-day to maintain a man on paroleol mention these figures because
sometimes the cold hard financial facts sink deeper than any words could.

There is nothing more discouraging to the men in.prison,who is trying to
rehabilitate himselfythan to have his efforts completely-discounted by the -
apathy of the public in genersleThe menus been punished for his cmime,but he
must forever bear the stigms of his offense in the eyes of the public.This in
itself makes a mockery of rehabilitation and penologyo

we must face the fact that there will always be crime and as a result
prisons,but the man who does work hard and does rehabilitate himself deserves
the constructive help of society snd until help is evidentgcrime shall con a
tinne to soar. ‘ .

The reason for submitting this article is that I was asked to write
something on penologyol am not a chicken and.I cannot lay an egggbut I can
make a fairly good omelet.l am not s penologist or s psychologist and cannot
analyse the complexities of penologygbut perhaps I did.mhip up a little omelet
from one inmate"s point of’vieWo

  
  

 

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Editor‘s Note

I would like at this time to exposes my sincere thanks for
all the many fine compliments and subscriptions which have been received
from the many different inmates snd.outside members of sooietyewe shall
strive continuously to improve our magosine upon each edition releasedo

MAI GOD BIESS EACH AND EVERXONE OF THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE
TO WHOM THE ABOVE THANKS APPLY TOO

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When I was growing I had the craziest idea that a convict,inmate or
whatever you would call themgwere bigghud u 3 day full growth of beard,
could be seen only at night and had an I.Q.of an idiotoThese ideas were
'brought about by such mediums us T.V.and comic booksowa that I have lived,
sleptgeaten and otherwise become very closely associated with this type of
person because I am one of themgl wonder if the young people of today feel
as I did as a youngsteroThisgl feelgis an important question in this day of
juvenile deliquency To enlighten the minds of our young people who have litt-
1e knowledge if any of the convict and his true life other than what he reads
in.the newspapers or through the sforementioned.mediumso

But How? This is a question that psychiatristsgchild guidance officials
-and what have you have been studying for sometime.I-mysel£ believe if some
of these youngsters could have the opportunity to tour our penitentiaries
and other places of confinement and see the glamour of prison life that we
would then have a small start in rectifying a bad situation.The majority
of teenaagers do not realise how easy it is to become involved in trouble
and its everlasting stigmso

Its not a pretty sight to see fifteen sixteen year old youngsters enter»
ing a prisonol-have witnessed many and have wished at the time that I could
have given all.my gain time if the parents of those and other teenwagers
could.be there to witness this sad sightoYes these were kids devoid of a
mature mind of an adult and being thrown literallyginto the best school of
all for furthering their education inscrimeoHere are youngsters whose minds
are at the point where they should.be taught the wonders and.mysteries of
lifesbut instead their edger minds will.ubsorb all.the phases of criminal
life.Who is to blame? .

What a tragic way for these youngsters to start out their young life.
Almost immediately you can observe the change in their lives as they mix
in with the groupso '

These different groups boast of’every type of crime knownoThey begin to
talk"con.tulh“und thinkwcon wise? When their course is completed they have
'received the best possible truininggin crimeoTheir teachers are experienced
although not experts because they‘hsve been caught but they will have majorm
ed in them allo

Young people in the period of life culled adolescence or the period of
transition from childhood to adulthood is the age of pattern making.The kind
of pattern they cut now'will.very likely be the model of their intureoThey
are at an age when their thoughts and desires fill an important place in
their lives and when properly directed.can be developed into useful citizens.
This alsogis u period hnZUfih when.they often.feel.ulone and confused and
need the guidance of their parentsytheir understanding and counselsbut if the
parents are too absorbed in their own problems or just luck interest then the.
road.very often will lead.to prisono

A.little more attention in behalf of the youngsters of today would
be a start in remeding the element of the criminal mindo

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. The girls working in the mail.room state that they have seen a vast
improvement and changes made for the better in the regulations of mail since
their arrival to the institutioneOne reasonsas they put it,is that more int»
erest-is being shown in mail procedure by the officials of the institution
which consequently attract better servioes for prompt delivery of the inmatefis
mailywhich in turn makes for better relationship between inmates and.their
reapective love ones back homeolh the moil.censors own wordngEven though there
have been tremendous and vest improvement here in.the mail rOOm we have not
reached our peakgand are constantly striving toward betterment and improvement
in further premisesomwe try to please everyone mlthomgh it is to be understood
that pleasing everyone would be impossible due to the foot that many inmates
donut seem to understand.that me out here in the mail room have rules and.regm
ulations to abide by as do those wearing numbers out on the hillgbut we dowmun
to make it clear that me are interested in getting the mail out and in of the
institution to each and everyone depending upon us for deliveryo"we shall almmy
stand ready and willing to assist any inmate with any reasonable cause he may
have dealing with this department,"it does our hearts good out here in the mail
room to see the inmates getting steady correspondence from homegand it does our
hearts equal good to see the inmates writing to their respective love ones back
home regularlyo"we want each and everyone of you.to know that we are here to
help the each of you in anyway we came

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“One day as I satgalone and disoourogedge little old lady came
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B A S E B A‘L L
By; Garvin T.Shepherd‘

 

We have formed a league of four(h) inside teams,which is a dog eat
dog affair.These teams have created more interest among inmates than out-
side competition and there are some really heated contest's.Billy Howell's
team wins first place in first half after several extra games to decide the
winner.The first and last half are composed of each team playing fifteen
games perdteam.

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POOR CHIEFS '

The poor chiefs are having a hard way to gogin playing outside
competition we have only won one gamegbut there is a lot of talk about
our,Joe Page,who hit two home runs in one game against Bridwell,who left
to pitch in the major leagues the next dayo

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Our four (h) dog eat dog teams are managed bygBilly HowellgHorace
Thomas,Dog Jackson and Ronald Tiptono

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IT WOUID BE NICE TO SEE '

 

It would be nice to see the institution construct a basketball court
for the many fellows desiring to participate in this world wide recognized
sport.we feel.that the Deputy warden will assist us with this added attract-
ion within the very near futureo

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HONORABLE MENTION

 

Inmate,Frank Slay certainly deserves an honorable mention.Frank,has
remained a great asset to the Athletic Department all during the many months
which he has been duly assigned theregand.it is our hope that he will be with
us in time of need in the future,as he has been in the past.

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SADIE MISSED

wrestlers frienngudy Jones,was sadly missed by many of the spectators
and other wrestlers during the last wrestling event here at the institution.
(It would certainly be nice to have,Rudy,back with us in time for the next
show here at the institution.

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WIN VARIUIYASHQH OF MUSIC,
WRESTIING AND BOXINGOTHERE WILL BE ANOTHER EVENT SOON.

The 1ast event held here at the institution as indicated above was
held on June 2891961 We were unable to write this article in our last month
edition due to the fact said 1nformat1on relating to the same was not rel-
eased to the press in time for publishingo

BDXING MAIN EVENT

 

Ben (Rabbi)Campbe119knocked ont9W111iam (Stallion)Harrissin the
second roundo

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William Utlengnocked ethRdbert Hagman,in the second round

PLEMINARY BOUT

 

Renfrow Wins In Third.Rnund ToKoOoOve190die Bankso

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WRESTLING MAIN EVENT

Buck PenndvéBilly Rich1nde in 1 the £111 twenty minute time limito
'Although Billy(Crip)De11ney stedls @hOW using hifi nub leg to punch with.
There were numerous ether boutagbut in the final event a ten(10) men tag
team had the crdmd in a haleridus up10119115 111 ten men were in the ring
at the same time» men in 3.11 directieneglegs up and heads down,cou1dn't
tell who was when . .

The wrest1era whd participated in different 171115 were;

1. Buck Penn 60B111v Howe11

2. Billy Richards. . 7.,, A A 70Unknown Schutts
3. B111y(Crip)De11ney’ _ . 80W11111m Henley
h. Rona1d Tipton * ' '90D1v1d Cupps

g5o R30ummins ., , lflolaurende Bowling

Wrestler,Laurence Bowling participated in several,of the events and
reportedly eetforth an excellent performance in eaCho

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WE THE DEFENDANTS CONTINUED

The only class of people who can be relied on to render an intelligent
and just verdict in a complicated case are men of learningaSavantspYet it
is common practice,in fact it is the lawsto select men and.women at random,
without regard for their education or intelligence from the tax list of
property owners.The rule seems to be,if the persons own property they auto-
matically become first rate jury materialo

The law also states one must be tried by a jury composed of his peers
equalsoIf the law ever were followed faithfully9then a moron would have to
be tried by a jury of moronsoSince the law is not adhered to with strict
scrupulousness in this respectgit would not be an infraction of the UoSo
Constitution for legislatures to enact statutes requiring juries in com~
plicated and all capital cases to be selected from a group of learned men
and womeno

Any chief executive of a large corporation who would suddenly and un-
accountably announce that henceforth members for the board of control would
be selected at random from among the general personnel would immediately be
suspected of suffering a mental breakdownoThis would very likely be the case,
too,for only those with superior intelligence and.business acumen are chosen
to aid in directing the operations of a big business concern.

Why,thengsince the matters weighed in a courtroom are equally if not
more grave than those in a corporation,shouldn3t intelligent men and women
be selected to resolve legal problems?

There would be loud cbfiection from the bigdome class,of course,for they
would not like being saddled up with every'importunt caseoBut if they were
relieved from jury duty in all other casesgit would.probably work out with
a satisfactory degree of fairnesso '

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my shattered financial condition is due to Foderel Lawsgcounty Laws,
City Laws,Corporstion Lawsgliqnor laws,MothermInninws,Brotheraln-sts,
and.0utlaws°Through these laws I am compelled to psy a Business Tax3Excise
Tax,and Income Tax.

I am required to get a Business Licensesnuto licensegFishing Licenseg
Hunting LicensegMnrriage Licensegsnd Dog Licenseol am also required to con-
tribute to every'society and organization which the genius of man is capable
of bringing to life,slso to every unemployment relief,gold~digger“s relief,
to every hospital and charitable institution in the cityoFbr my own protect-
ion,I am required to carry life InsurancegProperty'Insuranceynccident Insurw
ance,Old Age InsurancegEarthquake and Tornado Insurance3and Unemployment
Insuranceo

my business is so governed that it is hard for me to find out just exactly
who owns itoI am inspected,expectedgsuSpected”disrespected,rejectedgdejected,
examined,reoexamined,informedgrequired,summonedgfinedgcommanded and compelled
until I supply money for every need of the human race simply because I refuse
to donate to something or other,I am boycotted,talked.about,lied about,held up,
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 WE FIND THE JURY GUILTY

 

 

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The jury system is proclaimed to be the most advanced method devised
by man for obtaining justiceoThis may even be truegbut a methodical accum-
ulation of critical information would.probably reveal a great many faulty
aspects in this systemgtoooFbr the facts are,justice under the jury system
depends altogether on the quality of the jurors selectedoA jury that has
but a vague idea what a complicated case is all about willgin consequence,
render a verdict conforming only to their understanding of itoThis may be
completely at variance with justice as later revealed.by a review courto

The verdicts rendered by some juries have become classical American
folk humor9but apparently this has not shaken.the faith of the general
public.The only persons gravely concerned are judgesgprosecutors and.lawyers
They are in the front linesgso to speakgand,directly exposed to the inconsis
tent and often bewildering verdicts of theNtwelve good men and truetBut afta
the verdict has been brought in the jurymen can go home and forget about it;
the judgegprosecutor and lawyerghowevergmnst live with it sometimes for year

In many cases the real victim is the defendantoCaught between the cross-
fire of incompetency on one side and the inability of a judge to change a
juryfls blunder on the other the defendantgelthough innocentgorgif guilty»
possibly only to a minor degreegmust pay the full prison

The following three cases histories point up the necessity for a change
in the statutes(in these particular cssesghowevergthe defendants were the
victors and justice was relegated to the grass grown siding of indifferent-
ism.)

In a celebrated case that caused,s local inror a jury brought in and
delivered the solemn pronouncement thatflwe the defendants find the jury
guilty'JIt is not recorded how the judge squirmed out of this one but it
is probably safe to say the prosecutor and defense attorney would have-
decided to sentence the jury to the state hospitalo ‘

In another case where the defendant was being tried.for murder in the
first degree(the victim was the defendantfls mother=inwlaw)9the jury found
the defendant "not guilty by reason of sonitlenly God knows what the veru
dict would have been had the defendant been a raving maniaca

In still another case involving theft of a car the jury stated9with
solemn countenance," we find the man who stole the car not guiltyQOnly
one person in the courtroom was not embarrassed by that verdicto

There have been many reasonable and just verdicts rendered by con a
scientious and intelligent juriesgof coursegbut this doesnflt mitigate
the risk involved in the present systemoThere is always the possibility
an innocent man will be sentenced to life or even executed by incompeta
ency in the jury roomo

It has happened beforegmen have served part of a life sentencesothers
have been executed for other menus crimesgand it will happen most likely
again unless safeguards are institutedo

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that except a miracle that happened 91 could not havo survivadflhe wolf
that comes to my door every day just had pups and I sold them for One

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It has been reported from offioinl sources that OfficorfioLoBryant,
who is in chargo of tho imatitution visiting room become so excited last
week watching some of the follows. in the visiting room talk so many differ-
ent phasos of romance; to thoivn mopoctivo wifeus that he went home one even-o
ing and sumarisingly kissed his wifoglmnooHoLoBry'anto

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surprise from tho abovo plantod. kiss but has sinco noonvorod and is now onu-
joying tho ronomd romantic advancon sotforth from her husband to tho full-
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