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Warden Tynan Trains Inmates At Colorado Penitentiary
Canon City Colorado October 30 Thomas J Tynan completes sixteen years as warden and advocates open labor camps 60 percent of inmates need hard work and education He cites 4000 miles of road built by convict labor with minimal guards and two civilian overseers He promotes education motion pictures venereal disease treatment correspondence courses and a graded system resulting in 300 daily students A paroled ex inmate who designed a prison administration building showcases rehabilitation He argues for no pardons only paroles and criticizes lenient sentencing for drug addicts.
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Canon City Col
Thomas J. Tynan
Colorado State Penitentiary
United States
Colorado
Tynan
Denver