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Bad Prison ConditionsSURVEYS MADE recently by a non-resident prison expert, have revealed shocking conditions at the Buford State Prison and at some other points.The report made by Joseph E. Ragen, director of the Illinois penal svstem and former warden of the famous Joliet penitentiary in that state has spotlighted some of the deplorable conditions existing in Ueorgia.The treatment accorded inmates at the Ruford rock ouarry and at other points in the states prison setup, has revealed conditions of abuse which should be corrected, for conditions such as have been described are unworthy of a great state like Georgia.Though men and women may transgress the law and be sent to prison in propitiation for their crime —payment of their debt so society—they are still human beings and should be so treated. It is recognized however, that with certain hardened criminals •trong measures have to be taken.At the Buford prison there have been a number of cases in which prisoners have broken their legs or feet or inflicted other personal injury in protest against the treatment they received, or possibly to avoid performance of the duties assigned them.•Too of tea it seems, prison officials are prone to forget that the prisoners under their supervision are human beings ann should be treated as such. They ■iould not be coddled and allowed to violate prison ail regulations without punishment. To fail to l^twfaihi discipline is to invite chaos.ft is recognized that prisons are not like a SundaySchool, nor can the inmates be so treated. But men should not be treated as animals. Whether in a state priSQn or a county jail, whether in Atlanta, Buford or ThJMhasviUe those in charge should never forget that thdbe in their custody are human beings, and because thajr. have run afoul of the law and may be confined, doesr not mean they should be treated without humane considerations.i 9
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Thomasville Times Enterprise
Thomasville, Georgia, US
Mon, May 27, 1963
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