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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1925
Page
27
An inmate writer at the Ohio Penitentiary argues for reform from a prisoner perspective. He notes Warden Thomas and Chaplain Reed expanding the cellblock into a learning community. The piece highlights convicts studying technical subjects, countering the “coddling” stereotype with real education.
The prison Chaplain and Warden launched the Intra-Wall Correspondence School to teach illiterate inmates. Beginning with a handful of students, the program grew to about 1700, funded by appeals for books and courses. Monk the former troublemaker became a poultry student and later found work on a chicken farm, illustrating the program’s impact.
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