... Social Conditions in An American City; a Summary of the Findings of the Springfield Survey
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Such individuals, as records of repeating show, find a jail sentence quite bearable because it offers them a bed, regular meals, warmth in winter, and the companions they prefer without the necessity of working. The truth is that the only kind of jail which can have any real deter- rent effect on this class of offenders is one which provides good hard work. Were the Springfield Jails Reformative? Conditions in the jails of Springfield not only were weakening and corrupting prisoners but they we...re sending them out more likely than before to be a danger to the community. No physical examination was made, and unless prisoners were acutely sick their physical needs received no attention. Prisoners had no opportunity for exercise, and their already weakened bodies became still weaker. Drunkards and victims of drug habits were given no help in breaking their habit nor any kind of a "cure." Nothing was done for the mental training of prisoners, and except occasional efforts at religious influence by outsiders, noth- ing was done on the moral side.
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