Spoke about discharged prisoners, what shall be done with them, how
shall he be aided, and how long? Best way, to seek some employment
or trade for him on his discharge. Aid should begin when he enters
the prison gate and continue till he goes out. (Reference was made
to the Penna. Prison Journal “At the Prison Gate.”) No person should
be discharged a citizen, but paroled for a time, with continuous
oversight. What we need is graded reformatories, with three grades,
place him in the second, and he can work up to the first, or drop back
to the third, and then has to work up to the first before he can be
paroled. Spoke of the need of well-managed prisons and reformatories,
where vast numbers had gone through the three grades and come out good
citizens.