The Criminal Law Journal of india Journal December 1922

lYlany people will object to an honor system on the ground that it minimizes punishment and thereby decreases the security of the public from a recurrence of the crimes In this discussion however while we do not overlook the importance of the protection of the law-abiding sections of the community we are proceeding on the further assumption that the best protection to the community is a reducti [...] Is it not the business of the ideal prison first through the educational process and through the example of those who do realize what it means to be an American citizen to suplant in the minds of the inmates the ideas of anarchy envy and cupidity with those of democracy fraternity and genrosity ? It must also be continually borne in mind that the rapid development of the probation system [...] The matter of the employment and discharge of help purchase of supplies and general financial oversight of the prison obviously can never be placed lit the hands of the inmates themselves. [...] 2. It is not vital to the success of a selGovernment scheme that the inmates themselves should have unlimited power to chooge their own officers or committees provided the warden or superintendent has obtained the confidence and co-operation of his best men; and of course the existence of such a condition must underlie the success of any system. [...] The final answer to the questions prpounded in the title—if we are expected to appro-e a system which without preliminary proposes to turn the management of the institution over entirely to the inmatesoour answer must be in the negative.