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Prisoners Threatened With Insanity

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Feb 22, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 8.

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Prisoners Threatened With Insanity

By Editor

We are informed that the Illinois state prison officials are much concerned over the condition of their prisoners, some of whom have become insane, and many are threatened with dementia, principally from lack of employment. Over six months ago a law was passed by the state legislature, at the request of the labor unions, which prohibited competitive manual labor in penal institutions. The result mentioned followed the enforcement of the law.