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Warden of Sing Sing Urges Rational Prisoner Policy
Warden Lewis N Lawes argues for humane and rational treatment of inmates in Sing Sing Ossining New York. The Illinois prison inquiry praised Sing Sing as well run after riots at Stateville and Old Pen and the article appears in the New York Times Sunday Magazine with a two part series to be continued next week.
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Illinois Prison Investigation Committee
Stateville
Old Pen
New York
Sing Sing
Ossining
N. Y
Lewis N. Lawes
New York Times