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Occoquan Prison Seen as Model Reform Jar
The article reports interviews with prisoners at Occoquan noting humane conditions and fair treatment. It highlights sentinel guards chosen from inmates, the indeterminate sentence concept, and plans for a reforming system combining workhouse, reformatory, and penitentiary elements with future expansion including a reformatory and an electric railway route to the prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josemres
Washington
Occoquan
Whittaker
Eldhuy
Reformatory
Potomac