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J ournal of Criminal Law and Criminology Volume 26 Article 7 Issue 6 March-April Spring 1936 Prison Stagnation Since 1900 Ray Mars Simpson Follow this nd dditional works t : http://schol rlycommons.l /jclc P rt of the Criminal L w Commons, Criminology Commons, nd the Criminology nd Criminal J ustice Commons Recommended Cit tion R y M rs Simpson, Prison St gn tion Since 1900, 26 Am. Inst. Crim. L. Criminology 870 (1935-1936) This Article is brought to you for free nd open ccess by Northwestern University School of L w Schol rly Commons. It has been ccepted for inclusion in Journal of Criminal L w nd Criminology by n uthorized dministr tor of Northwestern University School of L w Schol rly Commons. PRISON STAGNATION SINCE 1900 RAY MARS SIMPSON During the past third of a century very few new techniques have been introduced into state or federal prisons in the United States to rectify delinquent tendencies or to improve the character of inmates confined in these institutions. Recently much emphasis has been placed upon the classification and segregation of prisoners. This in turn has led to the creation of novel housing arrangements in several recently constructed prisons. Trade training, steady employment and educational enlightenment have also been advanced with considerable ardor by many who labor under the naive assumption that it is possible to change prison inmates into upright, respectable citizens by such blanket proposals. In this article certain facts have been collected from the annual reports of vario