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From The Hindu, August 21, 1925: Col. Knapp's views
London, August 20: Colonel Knapp, Ex-Inspector-General of Prisons, Burma, interviewed with regard to the work of the International Prisons Congress, said his British tour had been very enlightening.
He said money was spent more lavishly here than in India, for example, Scotland spending more on 2,000 prisoners than Burma on her 16,000 prisoners.
India might consider the introduction of the probation system, together with the Borstal system and the Prisoners' Aid Societies in India needed not only money, but the right type of men for probation officers.
The Prison staffs in India might also consider the system of indeterminate sentence, which, in his opinion, was preferable to preventive detention.
