Word: wardenship
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Dates: during 1915-1915
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...existing conditions, served a voluntary term of six days in the Auburn Prison. During this time he lived exactly as the convicts in every detail of then life. This gave him experience which in was later able to use to good purpose. His recent appointment to the wardenship of Sing Sing gave him his opportunity, and since his assumption of the duties of the position he has made many radical changes for the better. He has consulted the prisoners on methods of treatment, and has even gone so far as to institute a court in which convicts try their fellows...