The next, Group B, and also Group C, will be treated in much the same sort
of way as Group A, except that these groups will be disciplined more
severely than the first one.
Little time will be wasted over Group D. The men in it will be treated in
the ordinary way, and the only especial attention they will get will be to
see that they are never mixed with the other groups.
It is hoped that, through these means, many men who are not really
criminals at heart may be brought back to decency and good citizenship.
New York State is not alone in this desire to reform its criminals.
Last year, two Houses of Reform were established in Kentucky, one for boys
and one for girls. These prisons are situated in healthy parts of the
country, and they are built on what is called the "Cottage Family Plan."
This means that they are divided into cottages, each of which holds about
twenty-six criminals. Locks, bolts, and bars are not used any more than
necessary. Each cottage is in the care of a matron, who has orders to keep
it as much like a home as possible.
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