"MOST CRIMINALS LIVE BETTER IN JAIL"

CHICAGO POLICE CHIEF CONDEMNS 'COUNTRY CLUB' ATMOSPHERE OF JAIL

Chicago, Illinois (JFK+50) On March 21, 1926, The Sunday Star reports that Police Chief Morgan A. Collins said yesterday...

"Most convicted criminals live better in jail than they do outside..."

Chief Morgan endorsed the program of the police commissioner "for a return to the ball and chain, and a bread-and-water diet and hard labor."

He believes some men, under the current system, actually prefer the "country club" atmosphere in jail.

SOURCE

"'Country Club Life' Draws Men to Jail, Police Chief Avers," The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., March 21, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

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