. Who is insane? . ght hundred prisoners treat-ed upon the new plan only two attempted toescape, both of whom were recaptured and sen-tenced to long terms in the House of Correctionfor betraying the trust reposed in them. Withsuch a record as this the Sheriff no longer feelsperturbed if his entire corps of prisoners is scat-tered in every direction during the day; and heis perfectly assured that at night they will reap-pear at the jail. An instance is given of the trust reposed inthe prisoners. The Sheriff purchased tickets toa circus for as many as desired to go, and sentthem unattended. Elev
. Who is insane? . ght hundred prisoners treat-ed upon the new plan only two attempted toescape, both of whom were recaptured and sen-tenced to long terms in the House of Correctionfor betraying the trust reposed in them. Withsuch a record as this the Sheriff no longer feelsperturbed if his entire corps of prisoners is scat-tered in every direction during the day; and heis perfectly assured that at night they will reap-pear at the jail. An instance is given of the trust reposed inthe prisoners. The Sheriff purchased tickets toa circus for as many as desired to go, and sentthem unattended. Eleven went, others refusing 266 WHO IS INSANE? because they were working for farmers and pre-ferred the money which they were earning. Theopportunity to escape was excellent, as the per-formance continued until after dark; yet everyone of them was at the jail fifteen minutes afterthe tent closed, though some of the men hadlong-term sentences. PART FIVE A NEW INSTITUTION—THE DAWN OF ABETTER DAY XXIIIA New Institution. XXIII A New Institution T is gratifying to notice the trendof thought and effort of themore advanced students of so-cial science to practically applythe teachings of physiology tothe curative treatment of the in-sane, the idiot and the must recognize in the Psychopathic Hos-pitals, the Schools for the Education of the Fee- ble-Minded Children, the Enlightened Training Schools for Girls and Public Policy Boys, and similar institutions, the beginning of a far moreenlightened public policy in the care of theseclasses. An institution that will more nearly realizethe ideal standard of treatment on admission toState care, which physiological and psycholog-ical science demands, is the organization at theNew York State Reformatory for Women, Bed-ford Hills, Westchester County, under the titleof the Bureau of Social Science. 271 272 WHO IS msANE? This Bureau had its origin in a discussionbetween a Committee on Criminal Courts inNew York City, the City Magistrates
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