K.P. Telescope - February 1959
- Name:K.P. Telescope
- Date:February 1959
- Institution: Kingston Penitentiary
- Topics: Christmas in prison, Community In-Reach, Correctional Policies, Educational or Vocational Training, Entertainment, Health-Physical, Mental Health, Miscellaneous, Parole-Conditional Release, Parole/Mandatory Release, Prisoner’s Families, Rehabilitative- Reformative Programs, Sports, Views on Incarceration,
Release description:
This issue contains an article about the critiques of the Habitual Criminal Act, a piece on rehabilitation by Dorothy W. Scheer (Queen of the Penal Press), an article about Christmas release by a British prisoner in open prison, and a piece about parole. Also included is an article about socialization in prison, a look at education and trades training in prison, a lengthy sports section, and poetry.
Keywords: Habitual Criminal Act, Arthur Maloney, The Hansard Report, Criminal Code, Dorothea Dix, “open prison”, Parkhurst Prison, Dartmoor Prison, National Parole Board, The Fauteux Committee,
Coded by Kate Garrett