Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1888 — What a Convict’s Sentence Should Be. [ARTICLE]

What a Convict’s Sentence Should Be.

A convict should b? sent to prison and hard labor not for a definite arbitrary term, but until he is so changed in his habits that he is fit tj take his place in the world again. If that were done, and society understood it, a released man would not find the doors of employment and sympathy shut against him as he does now, for he .would come out with a certificate of integrity, industry and intelligence. If he is so debased as not to be able to be changed in his habits and practices, by any discipline, however long continued, then the prison is the place for him for life. We shall do little to reduce the number of the criminal class till we come to this conclusion.— Chas. Dudley Warner. More than 4,000 persons perished by jthe hurricane which devastated Barbafooes, Oct. 10, 1780.