Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1936, Page 6

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The stories are based on an erhaustive survey aii‘the institutions and interviews with both officials and prisoners. BY JAMES E. CHINN. Twenty-seven hundred men and women, imprisoned by a soclety to which they have been unable or unwilling to conform, are crowded into the District’s unique wall-less penal institutions at Lorton and Occoquan, Va. Some are case-hardened criminals who probably will emerge without a trace of reformation, but only. with an increased bitterness toward society. Twenty-nine are murderers sentenced to life imprisonment. ‘What kem them there? The avenues of escape are simple and many. ly undermanned guard force could not possiblg stop a well- ed wholesale break for freedom. Such a move, however, has never been attempted either at the reformatory » # A tpalr of thomutghbred bloodhounds from the District Re- Jormatory Kennels at Lorton, Va., that have a 100 per cent aver- age for running down escaped inmates. The colder the trail the more efficient the dogs. Recently these dogs rounded up three prisoners who escaped from the work house at Occoquan, —Star Staff Photo. in Lorton or the work house in Occo- < quan. Only two rebellions among & |,y o five years, & $5,000 fine, or | sullen minority, one in 1933 and the other s year later, has marred the | both, can be added to the sentence of | any prisoner who escapes, or attempts otherwise peaceful history of the two | to escape. institutions. Capt. M. M. Barnard, veteran warden of District penal institutions, hss several answers. The prisoners, themselves—those willing to be inter- viewed—give virtually the same -ex- planation. First, and decidedly foremost, is the loss of “good time” that faces a pris- oner who escapes or agfempts to escape. That means much to a long- term prisoner. “Good Time” on Sliding Scale. All reformatory inmates are serving sentences ranging from a year and a day to life. In the case of a prisoner sentenced to 10 years, for instance, the “good time” amounts to 1,200 days—nearly 3; years—that would be cut off the period of imprisonment for proper prison conduct. The *“good time” increases with the length of the sentence. The comparatively new Federal escape law also plays a major role in influencing a prisoner who might con- sider & break for freedom. A maxi- - In addition to these escape safe- | guards, the reformatory has another— a very effeciive one—in the new walled prison now nearing completion. Prisoners who even dare attempt to | escape must serve the remainder of | their term, locked in cells in dormito- | rles which are surrounded by a 25- | foot brick wall. They lose all free- | dom and the liberties enjoyed by other prisoners who conform to the reforma= t tory’s humanitarian disciplinary code. Capt. Barnard is satisfied that the very presence of that 25-foot wall on the Teformatory reservation is having & potent psychological effect on all es- cape-minded inmates. No. It's not the few guards thdt are preventing a wholesale break for liberty at the reformatory. Penal authorities, however, do not claim a wholesale break is improbable, | especially under existing overcrowded conditions. That'’s why they are ap- pealing to the Commissioners in the 1938 budget estimates for a substan- tial increase in the guard staff. They 3 How to drink Guinness SIP A GUINNESS. Let each mouthful be gener- ous, In fact, take “a long pull and a strong pull” when you drink a Guinness. There’sanin ing reason for this. The nerves of taste by which you enjoy the dry fla- vour of Guinness are located at the back of the tongue. If you sip Guinness, you are wast- ing it onthe front of the tongue where sweet things are tasted. The distinctive flavour of Guinness comes from ‘roast barley and hops, which, with barley malt, yeast and. water are its only ingredients. Guin- nessisbrewed inDublin slowly by a wholly natural process. Nothing is added to brighten or sweeten it. Guinness is aged for a year, first in oak vats and then in Bottle, People who have enjoyed Guinness all their lives will tell you a “sweet tooth” seldom outlasts one’s youth, whereasa GUINNESS IS ENJOYED before -a-una.-uux:m You should be able to get it wherever you buy good beer or ale. - GUINNESS ] IS GOOD FOR YOU i ot A mPfl&AmNflYuh G Thsatione Wete since 1759: 108 pages, American 3 Guinness, Son & Co., Dept. -fithhmtntwm- i & college atmosphere, Capt. does not condone such a de- since he himself is a realist. It is rather an industrial atmosphere. grounds are more like thoss of & than s university. But it is not the atmosphere of & harshly dis- ciplined industry. From observation, it is obvious that the inmates are liv- ing under about.the most humane aud acceptable conditions ever provided for men and women in confinement for breaking laws. g The daily prison routine is not se- vere. The schedule starts at 6:30 a.m. with reveille. Breakfast is served a half hour later, and at 7:30 the shop whistles blow. cally able to work are required to tak: part in some of the many industrial activities. Dinner is served at 11:30 am. and at 12:10 p.m. the inmates must be back in the shops. The work day ends at 3:50, and supper is served at 4. After that the prisoners are per- mitted to enjoy their own amusement until taps at 9. Some of the prisoners spend the All prisoners physi- | “THE _EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1936. leisure time in the dormitories read- ing, writing, playing games, or listen with prisoners, that the way to reach well. wholesome meals are provided three times a day. A reformatory menu for the week of August 29, gives some idea of the type of meals served the reformatory inmates. For Sunday, August 323, the bill of fare was /as follows: Breakfast—Cantaloupe, peach coffee cake, apple butter, butter, syrup, and coffee with milk and sugar. Dinner—Beefsteak, mashed pota- toes, brown gravy, corn and lima bean succotash, fresh peach M:'na syrup, ing, fresh h An equal variety of food was served throughout the remainder of the | week. At dinner Monday baked beans and smoked sausage was the main course. Tuesdsy it was corned beef and string beans. Braised beef and vegetables were featured Wednesday. Thursday beef hash and succotash were served as the main dish. Cod- fish cakes was the Priday piece de resistance, and Saturday it was smoked sausage again, but this time with sauerkraut. TheYoungens Shgp 1319-21 F Street N.W. 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