The Prison Association of New York
Abstract
The Prison Association of New York SAGE Publications, Inc.1945DOI: 10.1177/003288554502500411 Edward R.Cass Responding in 1.844 to a public appeal in behalf of rel.eased prisoners made by the President of the Board of Inspectors of Sing Sing Prison, l ater a Justice of the Supreme Court, John W. Edmonds, there was held a meeting in New York City resulting in the organization of the Prison Association of New York. While the impulse leading to its establishment was clearly philanthropic in the simple sense of the word the caliber of the men who organized it and became its officers, including the vice chancellor of New York, professora, judges, district attorneys, bankers, lawyers, physicians and merchants, indicated that something more than relief of discharged prisoners would be undertaken. The objects of the Association were immediately set forth as follows: . 1. The amelioration of the condition of prisoners whether detained for trial, or finally convicted, or as witnesses. 2. The improvement of Prison Discipline and the Government of Prisons whether for Cities, Counties, or States. 3. The support and encouragement of reformed convicts after their discharge, by affording them the means of obtaining an honest livelihood, and sustaining them in their