Word: prison
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Prizes amounting to $100 are offered for an essay on the subject "Prisons and Prison Reform," open to all students in colleges or universities in the United States. The prizes are given by Adolph Lewison, President of the National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor...
...students, and is divided into two parts, one for graduates, and one for undergraduates. The prizes consist of one of fifty dollars for a master's thesis and two of twenty-five dollars for an undergraduate essay. Information regarding the competition may be had from the National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor, Broadway and 116th street, New York City. The judges in the contest will be: Thomas Mott Osborne '84, Warden of Sing Sing Prison; Samuel McCune Lindsay, Professor of Social Legislation at Columbia University; and Dr. E. Stagg Whitin, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Committee...
...Thomas Mott Osborne '84, present warden of Sing Sing state prison, Assining, N. Y., will address the Speakers' Club this evening at 6.30 o'clock. His subject will be "Prison Reform." This is the second time Mr. Osborne has addressed a University audience this year. Since his recent appointment as warden of the country's largest penal institution Mr. Osborne has introduced some very important and significant reforms in the management of criminals...
...Osborne's "Prison Talk" on Monday was frequently disturbed by late comers. Locking the doors would have remedied matters completely. Why cannot this simple courtesy be extended to all visiting lecturers? A STUDENT...
...before penologists, then, is to determine whether this can best be brought about through harsh punishment or reform. The old system was based on the supposition that punishment was the effective means. Far from succeeding, the treatment the men obtained made them hate everyone and everything, and they left prison with a desire for revenge upon society. They took the first advantage to commit crime once more, and usually landed back again in prison. The punishments used were often so brutal, the absolute silence and the constant surveillance were so trying, that no good result could possibly have come from...