Shall Convicts Write Books?

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      SAN Quentin (Calif.); CALIFORNIA; UNITED States
    • Abstract:
      Out of those thousands of men in San Quentin prison in California, a few have emerged in the past few years who, in spite of being outcasts and criminals, have through untold difficulties developed the ability to write manuscripts acceptable to magazines and to book publishers. The State prison board, apprised of these doings, was aghast. But the prison board, through several of its members, has expressed quite frankly the animus behind this regrettable enactment. One of them summarized it in the pronunciamiento: "These men are here to be punished, and should not be allowed to make money."