Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1914 — Self-Government In Prison. [ARTICLE]

Self-Government In Prison.

The movement to test the self-gow erning capacity of lawbreakers it spreading. A council was elected r» cently by the inmates of the New Jersey reformatory at Rahway, of which Frank Moore is superintendent Each tier elected two members of the council, making a body of 28 rep resentatives. The purposes of the council are t* try to have each boy "keep perfect order, live strictly up to the rule* of the institution, reduce the number of reports and when paroled to make good.” Weekly meetings are held and suggestions from inmates for th* benefit of their fellows are considered,