The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy 1919 (New Series, No. 58)Pennsylvania Prison Society
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The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy 1919 (New Series, No. 58)
Pennsylvania Prison Society
Charities -- Periodicals; Prisons -- Periodicals
SECTION 2. The Committee selected under the provisions of this
Act shall appoint a secretary, who shall not be a member of the
Committee or of the Board of Public Charities. The secretary shall
be the executive officer of the Committee and shall be known as the
Commissioner of Delinquency. He shall be a person having expert
knowledge respecting delinquency, and the care and treatment of
delinquents and shall devote his entire time to the duties of his
office. He shall be appointed for a term of five years and shall
receive a salary of seven thousand, five hundred dollars per annum. The
Committee shall have the power to remove the Commissioner at any time
for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, and shall,
whenever a vacancy occurs either by death, resignation, or removal from
office, appoint a Commissioner to fill the unexpired term.
SECTION 3. Subject to the approval of the Committee on Delinquency,
the Commissioner of Delinquency shall appoint a medical director,
an educational director, a director of industries, and such other
directors, experts, agents, and employees for such terms and at such
compensation as shall be fixed by the Committee on Delinquency. The
Commissioner with the approval of the Committee shall have the power at
any time to remove any director, or any expert, agent, or employee, so
appointed.
SECTION 4. The Board of Commissioners of Public Grounds and Buildings
shall provide the Committee on Delinquency with suitable rooms in the
State Capitol, and elsewhere if necessary,....
SECTION 5. The Committee on Delinquency shall have jurisdiction for the
purposes of this act over all institutions within this Commonwealth
of a penal, correctional, or reformatory character now existing,
or which may hereafter be established including industrial farms,
workhouses, and reformatories, and reformatory institutions for minors
or women, whether managed by the Commonwealth, or any political
sub-division thereof or otherwise; _Provided_, That this act shall not
be interpreted to deprive any warden, superintendent, or other officer,
or board of inspectors, managers, or trustees, of any such institution
of the right to manage its affairs, but every such institution shall
make such reports to the Committee on Delinquency as the Committee
shall be authorized by this Act to require and shall obey the rules and
regulations established, and follow the recommendations made, by the
Committee as authorized by this Act.
SECTION 6. The Committee on Delinquency shall have the power and its
duty shall be:--
(_a_) To inspect and investigate the condition and management of
all institutions within its jurisdiction, and inquire into all
complaints against the same, and report thereon with recommendations of
appropriate action to the Board of Public Charities, the Governor, the
General Assembly, or the courts, as the circumstances may require;
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