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By Deputy Warden Lloyd Armstrong

 

 

In answer to a letter I received frmn
one of our readers in Texas:

QUESTION: "What do you think are the
most important things in an institution
of this type?"

ANSWER:
tant things would be:
discipline; (3) moraleo

I would think the most impor-
(1) security; (23

I think if you have any one of the
above, more than likely you would have

all three of themo However, I suppose
there are different situations in dif-
ferent institutions, Also, I think a
good culinary department is a main
factor in any institutions

Of course there are a lot of other de-
partments that are important. In fact,

I guess all departments are importanto
For instance, a good religious program
is very beneficialn A good athletic
program is a good morale buildert A
good treatment program is real good for
the overall operation of the irstitu-
tiono "

For myself, I think that anything done
should be done systematically. Without
a good system you will find that there
are a lot of employees who seem to have
difficulty in knowing what to doc

I think it should be made very clear to

every employee what his job is and what
is expected of him. I find in most
cases when most employees know what

their job is and what will happen to
them if they don't perform, they usually
make more successful employeesp The
same is true for an inmate, I think
there should be a set of rules to make
clear what they can and cannot dou In
my opinion this method curtails a lot of
unrest and unnecessary violations. Of
course, as I said before in one of our

 

articles, every inmate is not a criminal
and every criminal is not in an institu-
tion0 I guess it would only be human
nature for everyone to consider himself
not a criminalw However, I do not think
that can be determined by the individual
involvedo

One other thing a lot of peOple would
say is that inmates are sent to an in-
stitution or reformatory for punishmento
This is certainly not trueo They are
committed to an institution as punish-
ment for a crime they have been proved
guilty of committinga

I suppose every commitment in the state
of Kentucky reads, "so many years at
hard laboro" In my opinion, if it can
be arranged, each inmate admitted to an
institution of this type would be better
off if he had steady employmenta That
in turn would help the state of Kbn—_
tucky; it certainly. would help the in—
stitution in which he is incarcerated“

I doubt very much if anyone will invent
a machine that one can be strapped or
buckled to that will curtail crimeo I
also doubt if there will ever be a peni-

tentiary so tough that inmates will not
return as parole violators. Further-
more, I doubt if an institution will

ever have such a rehabilitation program
that inmates will not return as parole
violators” However, I would think that
if an institution could have and afford
all the various departments that are now
recommended for institutions, giving an
inmate the chance to rehabilitate him-
self with the help that is required of
the institution -- and this does include
discipline -- I would think that proba-
bly you would have fewer violatorso
However, there is one factor that I
think anyone should consider: that we
have a larger population in the United
States than we had 5 or 10 years agoo
So naturally I think the more population
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PENITENTIARY ADMINISTRATION

 

LUTHER THOMAS, warden

LLOYD ARMSTRONG, Deputy Warden

We 0. LONG, Acting Captain of the Guards
Rev? HOUSTON E; INMAN, Protestant Chaplain
Rev. THOMAS CLARK, Catholic Chaplain
HENRY E. COWAN, Supervisor of Education

WILLIAM EGBERT, Vocational Instructor

 

 

CASTLE STAFF

Lawrence Snow, Editor

Harold Arnold, Associate Editor

James McKinney, Art Editor

John Busby, Multilith Operator

AE’IINIS‘TRATION IN THIS MONTH'S CASTILEBT
The Honorable EDWARD T. BREATHITT, Governor Castle News ‘ - 2
The Honorable HARRY L. WATERFIELD, Lto Governor Chaplains' Corner 8
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Editorial 9
‘ Ni L JOSEPH CANNON, Commissioner
HO Reprint: THE LAw AND THE
g MARSHALL SWAIN, Deputy Commissioner BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST 11
YR Dr. HAROLD BLACK, Director of Institutions Reprint: WILLIE CHIMP, .
" N THE RISE 8c FALL OF 11;
c-TX W} Z. CARTER, Director of Education
; BOARD OF PARDONS & PAROLES Exchange Page 18
L §§§h> Dre FRED MOFFATT, Executive Director Tall Tales 19
E g T ‘WALTER FERGUSON, Chairman Department Reports 20
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