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Panel Calls Unfit Youths Inducted By Draft Panels
A civilian panel says local draft boards draft physically handicapped and mentally undeserved youths to fill quotas. It cites stockade prisoners as a large share of Army inmates and urges rapid identification and discharge of unfit draftees before trouble. The report also critiques stockade conditions and calls for reform and training. It notes Army moves to train penology specialists and expand stockade instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Dobkin
Washington
Army
Army Stockades
Pentagon
Stockade
Secretary of the Army
Stanley R. Resor
Snys