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  • n  a person who studies the theory and practice of prison management

  • Every penologist extols "individualized treatment" to cure each inmate's hangups and return society's misfits to crime-free lives.
  • So great grew his fame as a penologist that Herbert Hoover brought him to Washington, Governor Franklin Roosevelt and Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia tried in vain to lure him into the .
  • A penologist testified that Georgia's penal system was "the worst," that Burns would die if returned.
Quotes

  • Albert S Ruddy in Los Angeles Times
    Hogan was going to be captain of the guards,says producer Al Ruddy, who created the show with Bernard Fein. "Klink was going to be a warden. Hogan was an enlightened penologist. He ran a happy prison, and everyone was content."

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