The number of Jews in Maryland penal institutions is on a decline.
This statement is made in accordance with the annual report submitted to Governor Albert C. Ritchie by the State Board of Welfare which contains a report made to the board by Meyer D. Levin, executive secretary of the Big Brother League.
“The success which the league has had,” Mr. Levin declares, “is best illustrated by the decrease in number of the Jewish inmates in our correctional institutions. This in a large measure is due to the active interest manifested by the organization in the readjustment of these unfortunate men together with the splendid cooperation that has at all times been extended to the officials and members of the league. There is every assurance that this relationship will continue.”
Of the 1,139 prisoners in the Maryland Penitentiary, according to the report, only 19 are listed as “Hebrews.” All of the 19 are males.
Confined in the Maryland House of Correction, the report states, is a total of 1,876 prisoners—1,765 males and 111 females. Of these 20 males and 1 female are called “Jewish” and 2 males “Hebrew.”
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