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BULLETIN, 1913, NO. 27
WHOLE NUMBER 537

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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

BUREAU OF EDUCATION,

Washington, D. C., May 13, 1913.

SIR: The State is no longer thought to have performed its full duty to itself, to society, or the criminal when, by imprisonment, it has punished the criminal for his offense. When the prisoner is set free he should be a better citizen, a more desirable and efficient member of society, and a more intelligent man, with a larger amount of self-control and self-helpfulness. While suffering for his crime and laboring to repay the State some part of the loss caused by his crime and of the expense incurred for his arrest and trial he should be given as much as possible of that education denied him in his childhood and youth, and probably because of the lack of which he has become a criminal. To this end schools have within recent years been established in many prisons and are maintained with more or less success. Because these schools are still in their experimental stage and their scope and method have not been fully worked out, there is great need of a more general knowledge of what has been done in each of the several prisons in which they are maintained. I therefore recommend that the accompanying manuscript, prepared by Dr. A. C. Hill, of the inspections division of the New York State education department, be published as a bulletin of the Bureau of Education.

Respectfully submitted.

The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

P. P. CLAXTON, Commissioner.

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