Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1907 — Kansas Indorses Parole System. [ARTICLE]

Kansas Indorses Parole System.

The annual report o| the Kansas State penitentiary takes a strong stand in favor of the parole system, which has been under experiment for two or three years. The officers spy that persons discharged in this way are kept' in restraint and strengthened in a manner that aids them to become good citzetis. Few persons violate their parole and few are afterward returned for new crimes. On the other hand, two or three term persons are generally found to be those who hnve been discharged without restraint. Warden Haskell says that the parole law has passed the experimental stage and that of 133 persons thus released only thirtyfive violated their promise. The penitentiary was run a$ a net -profit of $674.010 in two years. It cost 8 3-0 cents a day to feed each prisoner, owing to the quantity of food raised on the farm.