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Watertown Republican
Watertown, Jefferson County, Dodge County, Wisconsin
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Prof. A. O. Wright is preparing a legislative bill for prison reform, including indeterminate sentences, conditional releases, a new prison for habitual criminals, and converting Waupun prison into a reformatory for first offenders, amid overcrowding concerns.
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Prof. A. O. Wright, secretary of the Board of Charities and Reform, is preparing a bill to be introduced in the legislature providing for indeterminate sentences and conditional liberation of prisoners in penitentiaries, and for the construction of a new prison for habitual criminals and changing the prison at Waupun into a reformatory for first offenders. Prof. Wright says the construction of a new prison for habitual offenders would be cheaper than the construction of a new reformatory. He says that the prison at Waupun is nearly full and before the expiration of the present biennial period the Waupun prison will be overcrowded.
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Waupun
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prison at waupun nearly full and will be overcrowded before expiration of present biennial period; construction of new prison for habitual offenders cheaper than new reformatory
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Prof. A. O. Wright, secretary of the Board of Charities and Reform, is preparing a bill for introduction in the legislature providing for indeterminate sentences and conditional liberation of prisoners in penitentiaries, construction of a new prison for habitual criminals, and changing the prison at Waupun into a reformatory for first offenders.