Word: prisoned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This principle is the basis of all Mr. Osborne's work, and he has had an opportunity to show that it can be worked out among those who are supposed to be least capable of acquiring any ideal, the criminal class. In the Sing Sing, Auburn, and Portsmouth prisons, he has proved the principle, though conditions prevented carrying it out fully. The prisoners, bound together in a league that made them responsible to and for one another, preserved their own discipline and left the prison much less antagonistic to society than when they entered...
...death of Lord Mayor MacSwiney in an English prison was indeed an unfortunate event for the Lloyd George Government, and one not calculated to restore peace in Ireland. Aside from the excellent point made by Mr Ferguson in today's Crimson, there is the Cuestion of what effect the death of the Lord Mayor will have on the minds of many people. Among those who have always been pro-Sinn Fein, it will serve only to intensify their bitter hatred of England, but the greatest effect will be upon the minds of those who are friendly to the British Empire...
...volume of lyrical verse written while the author was imprisoned in His Majesty's Prison, Pentonville, London, N., reproducing the feelings of a convict...
...Osborne has had a distinguished career, having been a candidate for lieutenant-governor of New York, delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1896, and to two New York State Conventions. He is best known, however, for his fearless work in reforming Sing-Sing Prison. Until his resignation last week he was Commandant of the United States Naval Prison at Portsmouth, where he had great success in introducing a method of self-government by the prisoners, which gained for the convicts who had served their terms the privilege of re-entering the service, where over 80 per cent have made...