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24 Prison J. 363 (1944)

handle is hein.journals/prsjrnl24 and id is 1 raw text is: ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY Instead of reviewing the events of the past year, let us turn Our thoughts to the future and what may be done by us as members of the Pennsylvania Prison Society in 1944. First let us bear in mind the extraordinary expansion of prison labor that is going on under the auspices of the Federal Government and under the direction of former Congressman Maury Maverick who has lately been made Vice Chairman of the War Production Board. Already much has been accomplished and many thousands of prisoners have been put to work in th ,-risons and penitentiaries of the country. The value of prison labor has been proved, and we may confidently expect that when the peace comes, the value of prison labor in dollars and cents will be recognized as never before. It will be the task of all persons interested in prison reform to further a continuance of prison labor in time of peace. Let us remember that in Pennsylvania we have the State- use System, and let us make every effort to have the purchase of the products of prison labor extended so that there will be no such thing as prison idleness in our midst. We must, of course, work for a compulsory law to compel State and State-aided Insti- tutions to buy the products of prison labor, the State paying a substantial wage to the prisoner out of the value of his product with a deduction for his board and keep. Only in this way will the labor of prisoners really serve to rehabilitate the prisoner and make him a self-respecting, law-abiding citizen on his release. Ile, like other persons, must learn the value of labor. The other matter to which I would direct your attention is the real probability that we shall have in the near future a House of Detention in Philadelphia for the untried adult prisoner who is unable to secure bail. The Board of Managers of the proposed Ilouse of Detention have applied to the City Planning Commission to include the construction of a suitable House of Detention. as authorized by the Act of 1917, among the projects to be recom- mended by the Commission to our City Council at the close of the War. The Pennsylvania Prison Society should in every way support the step that has been taken. We can all hell) in bringing about the desired result. FRANCIs FISHER KANE President 363

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