The journal of prison discipline and philanthropy (New series, No. 57), March, 1918Pennsylvania Prison Society
History
The journal of prison discipline and philanthropy (New series, No. 57), March, 1918
Pennsylvania Prison Society
Charities -- Periodicals; Prisons -- Periodicals
Wilkins, George W.,
Williams, Charles,
Yarnall, Wm. S.,
Ziegler, J. W.
INDEX
Acting Committee, Report of, 6
American Prison Association, 93
Annual Meeting, Minutes of, 5
Bequests, 25
Bilibid, 80
Capital Punishment, 52
Commission to Revise Penal Administration, 50
County Prisons, 15
Criminal Code of Pennsylvania, 89
Dietary at Penal Institutions, 56
Employment of Prisoners, 48, 55, 81, 84
Feast of Reason and a Flow of Soul, A, 82
Fines, 48
General Agent, Report of, 14
Honor System, The, 94
Indeterminate Sentence, The, 53, 98
Indiana Penal Farms, 85
Industrial Farm Law, The, 38
Members of The Pennsylvania Prison Society, List of, 109-11
Michigan State Prison, 74
National Prisoners’ Aid Association, Address of President, 103
New Jersey Prison Inquiry Commission, Report of, 79
New York Prison Association, Report of, 78
Offender, The, Review of, 77
Officers and Committees of the Society, List of, 3
Penal Farms, 85, 108
Penal Legislation of 1917 in the Commonwealth of Penna., 38
Prison and the Prisoner, The, Review of, 76
Road-making by Prisoners, 55
Texas Prison Farm, A Municipal, 108
Treasurer, Report of, 13
Trustees of Industrial Farms in Pennsylvania, 47
Utilization of Prison Labor, 84
Wardens’ Meeting, 26
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.”
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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.
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Transcriber’s note
Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized. The following
printer errors have been changed.
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