Commission to Investigate Penal Systems, 19 Committee on Delinquency, act providing for, 47 Committees, standing, 4 County Prisons, 33 Financial Argument for Prison Farms, 65 General Agent, report of, 16 Home of Industry, 68 Industrial Farms, act providing for, 54 Members, lists of, 81 Military Discipline and Punishments, 69 Obituaries, 14 Officers, list of, 3 Official Visitors, Page 2 of cover Parole Work, Eastern Penitentiary, 17 Penal Systems, report of Commission, 19 Prison Experiences, 76 Probation and Parole, 39 Prohibition, effect of, on arrests, 80 Treasurer, report of, 15 The Pennsylvania Prison Society was founded under the name “Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons,” May 8, 1787. It was incorporated under same name April 6, 1833. The objects named in the Charter were three: 1. Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons. 2. Improvement of Prison Discipline. 3. Relief of Discharged Prisoners. By order of the Court, the corporate title was changed January 27, 1886, to “THE PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY.” * * * * * Copies of this JOURNAL will be forwarded on request to any address without charge. Financial contributions are needed to carry on the work of this Society. All correspondence and contributions should be addressed to The Pennsylvania Prison Society at 119 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. FOOTNOTES: [1] Approved and proposed by the Commission on Penal Systems. [2] Approved and proposed by the Commission on Penal Systems. [3] Information taken from Major W. S. Kellog’s “The Conscientious Objector,” 1919. [4] Deceased. [Transcriber’s Note: Dialect, obsolete and alternative spellings were left unchanged. Printing errors, such as backwards or upside down letters, were corrected; duplicate words were deleted; missing punctuation was added.] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy 1919 (New Series, No. 5, by Anonymous