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Some Go To Prison For Stealing, And Others For Believing That A Better System Can Be Provided And Maintained Than One That Makes It Necessary For A Man To Steal In Order To Live.

Private Appropriation Of The Earth’s Surface, The Natural Resources, And The Means Of Life Is Nothing Less A Crime Than A Crime Against Humanity, But The Comparative Few Who Are Beneficiaries Of This Iniquitous Social Arrangement, Far From Being Viewed As Criminals Meriting Punishment, Are The Exalted Rulers Of Society, And The People They Exploit Gladly Render Them Homage And Obeisance.

The Prison, Above All Others, Should Be The Most Human Of Institutions.

Solidarity Is Not A Matter Of Sentiment But A Fact, Cold And Impassive As The Granite Foundations Of A Skyscraper. If The Basic Elements, Identity Of Interest, Clarity Of Vision, Honesty Of Intent, And Oneness Of Purpose, Or Any Of These Is Lacking, All Sentimental Pleas For Solidarity, And All Other Efforts To Achieve It Will Be Barren Of Results.

In The Very Progress Of Society, The Prison Has In The Very Nature Of Things Undergone Some Improvement, But There Are Vast Stretches Yet To Be Covered Before The Prison Becomes, If It Ever Does, An Institution For The Reclamation And Rehabilitation Of Erring And Unfortunate Men And Women.