Need for Prison Progress

Year Published: 1959

Creator: WNET/13

Format: 16mm

Description: Reviews the historical progress of penal institutions. Points out how reforms have often been a result of riots and political exposes. Uses film sequences to show wasteful and harmful practices in prison administration. Presents a filmed interview with an inmate who explains the point that prison reform should be a product of public awareness instead of violent upheavals. (WTTW) Kinescope and film.

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