Proceedings of the Annual Congress of the American Prison AssociationW.B. Burford, 1908 - Prisons |
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... diseases ; today in many of the prisons the health of the in- mates , even though they are the worst class , is better than that of the average person outside . I believe that is true of the Vir- ginia penitentiary , which speaks well ...
... diseases ; today in many of the prisons the health of the in- mates , even though they are the worst class , is better than that of the average person outside . I believe that is true of the Vir- ginia penitentiary , which speaks well ...
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... diseases ; every teacher who inculcates self - mastery by precept and by example ; every public official who ... disease is unchecked - in all these ways crime is encouraged and promoted . The prevention of crime , therefore , is ...
... diseases ; every teacher who inculcates self - mastery by precept and by example ; every public official who ... disease is unchecked - in all these ways crime is encouraged and promoted . The prevention of crime , therefore , is ...
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... disease and certainly are taught nothing for their moral uplift . Our prisons in the cities are very much better . In some of our cities they are quite en- couraging and hospitable and such good entertainment is pro- Ivided that our ...
... disease and certainly are taught nothing for their moral uplift . Our prisons in the cities are very much better . In some of our cities they are quite en- couraging and hospitable and such good entertainment is pro- Ivided that our ...
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... disease among that race , the percentage being perhaps twice as high as among the whites . While there were twenty - five deaths among 1,200 men in the prison and on the State Farm during the year , in the road force in a period of one ...
... disease among that race , the percentage being perhaps twice as high as among the whites . While there were twenty - five deaths among 1,200 men in the prison and on the State Farm during the year , in the road force in a period of one ...
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... disease and the drug habit are among the most prominent causes of nervous disease and derangement , they are not the only sources of those conditions . Overwork is effective in this direc- tion , and often we find among our ministers ...
... disease and the drug habit are among the most prominent causes of nervous disease and derangement , they are not the only sources of those conditions . Overwork is effective in this direc- tion , and often we find among our ministers ...
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Page 276 - Its object shall be to advance the science of jurisprudence, promote the administration of justice and uniformity of legislation throughout the Union, uphold the honor of the profession of the law, and encourage cordial intercourse among the members of the American Bar.
Page 43 - The vilest deeds like poison weeds Bloom well in prison-air: It is only what is good in Man That wastes and withers there: Pale Anguish keeps the heavy gate, And the Warder is Despair.
Page 114 - Or hurl the cynic's banLet me live in my house by the side of the road And be a friend to man.
Page 114 - Where the highways never ran — But let me live by the side of the road And be a friend to man. Let me live in a house by the side of the road...
Page 89 - It is not His will that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Page 43 - Becomes one's heart by night. With midnight always in one's heart, And twilight in one's cell, We turn the crank, or tear the rope, Each in his separate Hell, And the silence is more awful far Than the sound of a brazen bell.
Page 214 - Any one in custody as an insane person is entitled to a writ of habeas corpus, upon a proper application made by him or some friend in his beh:ilf. Upon the return of such writ, the fact of his insanity shall be inquired into and determined.
Page 29 - Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets : I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Page 250 - ... being a common prostitute or night walker, wanders in the fields, public streets or highways, lanes or places of public meeting or gathering of people, and does not give a satisfactory account of herself...