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Prison Reform Advocate Whitaker Addresses Prison Congress
Hon. W. H. Whitaker, superintendent of the District of Columbia penal farm, spoke at a college assembly about fresh air skilled instruction and honest work versus locks bars and unskilled staff. He credited Rev. W. E. Edgin and Prof. George B. Asbury for key roles at Jeffersonville Reformatory and described a West Virginia penal farm where inmates work unguarded with open dormitories as a model for future systems.
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College Assembly
W. H. Whittaker
Whittaker
District of Columbia
Prison Congress
Indianapolis
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Franklin
W. E. Edgin
George B. Asbury
Franklin High School
West Virginia
Washington