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No. 3 | 3 days | 10 days | $5.00[18] |Striking another inmate while
| | | | in yard.
No. 2 | 3 days | 10 days | $5.00 |Disobeying orders by loud
| | | | talking in hospital after
| | | | being cautioned.
No. 5 | 2 days | 10 days | $5.00 |Fighting with 31342. M--
No. 4 | 2 days | 10 days | $5.00 |Fighting with 31175. J--
No. 8 | 2 days | 10 days | $5.00 |Disobeying orders by refusing
| | | | to work as told by officer
| | | | and foreman.
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CHAPTER XV

CUI BONO?

February 1, 1914.

Since the eventful week I have attempted to describe in the foregoing
chapters, I have received a large number of letters which throw light on
the Prison Problem. Letters from the Auburn prisoners, letters from men in
other prisons, letters from ex-convicts, giving ideas based upon their own
experiences, letters from prison officials in other states, expressing
keen interest in the results of my experiment, letters from sympathetic
men and women of the outside world, proving the existence of a large
amount of sentiment in favor of a rational reform of our Prison System.

Many of these letters are valuable in connection with the broad question
of Prison Reform but have no direct bearing upon my personal experiences
in Auburn Prison; they would therefore be out of place here. Others of
them do deal directly with that incident, reflecting the prisoners' side
of the matter. A selection from these letters has a distinct place in the
story of my stay within the walls. If the tone of some of them seems
unduly laudatory, let it be understood that they have been included not
for that reason, but simply to enable us to gauge the actual results of
the visit of Tom Brown--that fortunate representative of the sympathy of
the outer world. These expressions of friendship and gratitude should not
be considered as personal tributes, their importance lies not in the
character of the recipient but in the state of mind of the writers.

In other words, the vital point of this matter, as in all others connected
with the Prison Problem, is this: After all has been said and done, what
manner of men are these prisoners? Are they speci