04-08-2025
From The Hindu, August 5, 1925: International Prison Congress
London, Aug. 4: The International Prison Congress, which opened at the Imperial Institute, was welcomed by Sir William Joynson-Hicks. On behalf of the Government Sir William emphasised Government's efforts to restore prisoners to normal citizenship and said that despite the increase of population there had been a striking decrease in the number of prisoners, as for instance there were 1,600 now in penal servitude compared with 10,000 fifty years ago.
