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first time all be considered as men capable of being treated in 

 the most lenient way by the prison anthorities. That they shall 

 not be required to wear stripes or have their heads shaved, 

 reserving this form of prison garb for those whom it is found 

 cannot be trusted, and who will not live up to the rules and 

 regulations of the prison authorities. 



There could be three classes of convicts : Those in the First 

 Class who are not required to wear startling or very noticeable 

 uniforms ; those in the Second Class who are required to wear 

 a distinctive uniform but not stripes ; and those in the Third 

 Class, who are required to wear stripes and, if necessary, have 

 their heads shaved. 



To the Third Class would be assigned those who have been 

 convicted and sentenced more than once for some crime against 

 the State, and those who, while serving out their sentence, are 

 constantly breaking rules and regulations of the prison au- 

 thorities. 



To the Second Class would be assigned those who have start- 

 ed in the First Class but have shown that they will not obey 

 all the rules and regulations or do good or efficient work and 

 are not to be trusted ; and for further infringement of the rules 

 and regulations, they would be assigned to the Third Class. 

 To this Second Class would come men from the Third Class 

 who have shown by their work and their deportment that they 

 are trying to live up to the rules and regulations and become 

 better men. They in time might be able to be transferred 

 to the First Class. 



To the First Class would be assigned those who have been 

 convicted for the first time, and they would remain in this 

 Class until they have showm by their behavior that they are not 

 to be trusted or will not do good and efficient work, when they 

 will be assigned to the Second Class. In this First Class would 

 be the men who would be known as " honor men." 



In the South where a very large proportion of the men con- 

 victed of crime are negroes, it may not be possible to carry out 

 exactly the above classification, as it may be necessary to assign 

 the negro convict to the Second Class and make him show by his 

 work and deportment that he is entitled to a place amongst the 



