Classification, constructive rehabili-
tation, and work constitute the core
of the California system of institu-
tional treatment. A felon is sent to the
institution best suited to his per-
sonality and needs, is assigned to
work fitted to his capabilities, and is
given such educational, religious and
vocational training as will fit him into
a modern democratic community on
discharge from prison under supervi-
sion.

Mass industrial activity helps Cali-
fornia institutions to pay their way
and to keep inmates out of mischief.
Furniture, clothing, concrete block,
foundry and other factories are oper-
ated with the consent of the Correc-
tional Industries Commission on a
state-use basis. Since no products
under this arrangement are sold on
the open market, no public outcry re-
sults from these constructive activities.

Furniture repairing and refurbish-
ing is done at Chino to which are sent
adult offenders most responsive to
treatment. It is done in co-operation
with the Los Angeles School Board.
It provides constructive labor for
prisoners and reduces school taxes.

Become Skilled Craftsmen

At Lancaster, where youthful of-
fenders are sent, furniture and mat-
tress making has tested the proposi-
tion that boys of low mentality with
high manipulative ability become
skilled furniture craftsmen after a
short period of apprenticeship.

On the strength of their observa-
tions there the B.C. commissioners
were convinced of the wisdom of in-
stalling equipment for the production
of furniture and mattresses in British
Columbia penal institutions.

Teaching of plastering and _brick-
laying also impressed the visiting
British Columbians.

They found the library and hobby
shop at San Quentin a revelation. The
educational program there has been
worked out in co-operation with San
Marin College with a staff of fully
accredited instructors from that in-
stitution.

A large offering of courses enables
an inmate to select instruction suited

FOR

PROMPT, COURTEOUS
SERVICE

Phone 99

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49 2 May ier

PENTICTON British Columbia

TWENTY-THIRD EDITION

to his tastes and capabilities. The
hobby shop was set up on the theory
that an inmate could be trusted to
leave his cell in the evening and. pro-
ceed unescorted to a shop where he
could engage in mechanical work
which he enjoyed.

Prison academic and_ vocational
instruction in general is a part of the
regular educational system and _ is
organized as grade schools, high
schools and vocational schools with
properly qualified and accredited
principals and staff members.

“The vocational-training programs
are planned with intelligence and
forethought and are equally applic-
able to British Columbia,” the com-
missioners’ report says. * *

JACKIE

The Son of a Hard-Boiled “Cop”

*

You think I’m a hard-boiled ‘“‘copper,”’
Writing tickets at forty-three.

Well, perhaps I’m thinking of Jackie,
And all that the lad meant to me.

How’s that? Tell you about it?
Well, stranger, the boy was my son.
God, what I'd give to hear “Daddy,”
Once more when the day's work is done.

The driver was just in a hurry,
He didn’t intend any harm,

But the sun and the stars quit shining,
When I picked up my boy’s lifeless form.

Well, mister, I'll not give you a ticket,
I don’t want to pinch anyone,

But I'll drive this squad car through Hell,
To protect another man’s son.

So the next time you feel like speeding,
Or passing a boulevard stop,

Just pause, and remember my Jackie;
The son of a hard-boiled “‘cop.”’

—Patrolman Isaac Jennings
Anchorage Police Department.

IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN
THE SHOULDER STRAP

EAT AT THE
New Commodore Cafe
*

342 Main St. (opposite Post Office)
PENTICTON B.C.

GRAND FORKS GARAGE

Nash Car Distributors, Parts and Service

Full Mechanical and Body Repairs

*
PENTICTON, B.C.

PHONE 20

Smithers Motors Ltd.

FORD — MONARCH
Sales and Service

STANDARD OIL PRODUCTS
24 Hour Towing

OLIVER, B.C. Phone 14

Southern Co-operative
Exchange

Growers, Packers and Shippers of

Southern Okanagan Fruit and
Vegetables—Cold Storage

OLIVER British Columbia

Oliver Sawmills Ltd.

Manufacturers of
WESTERN PINE BOX SHOOKS

*
P.O. Box 159
OLIVER, B.C.

Phone 78

PENTICTON PURITY
PRODUCTS LTD.

@ MANUFACTURERS
@ WHOLESALERS
@® DISTRIBUTORS

PENTICTON British Columbia

Pacific Pipe & Flume Limited

Manufacturers of
METAL IRRIGATION PIPE and SUPPLIES
PORTABLE SPRINKLING SYSTEMS
General Sheet Metal Work - Furnaces

Office and Works: 145 Winnipeg Street
Phone 356 and 919 PENTICTON, B.C.

Telephone 124 P.O. Box 700

Penticton

Co-operative Growers
Packers and Shippers of
Okanagan Fruit and Vegetables

PENTICTON British Columbia

MEMBER AMBULANCE
A.F.D. SERVICE
Penticton Funeral Chapel
425 MAIN STREET - PENTICTON, B.C.
Albert Schoening Robt. J. Pollock

_ 280R1 A41L3

Summerland Office
Phone 1346

Penticton Office
Phone 280

HUNT-ROLLS LTD.

COMPLETE GARAGE SERVICE
Plymouth, Chrysler, Fargo
Sales and Service
Shellubrication -:- Goodyear Tires
Telephone 276

PENTICTON British Columbia

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