Arbeit macht frei: - Fredrick Töben

some later stage. For the present it is proposed to further develop the
area now under cultivation.
The Trainees
Since its inception on the 10 th
January, 1960, a total of 777 have passed
through the Cadell Training Centre. Of that number only nine trainees
have absconded. Six of these young offenders were previously in trouble
as juveniles, and the remaining three had committed other offences.
They were given every opportunity, but failed to respond to training.
They were subsequently apprehended, and on release committed
further offences.
The modern approach to training has proved most successful at Cadell.
This has been brought about by an efficient system, together with
competent staff specially trained, each having a devotion to study.
A careful check has been made in this State, and as far as can be
ascertain, at least 95 per cent of those trained at Cadell have responded,
and are now leading good and useful lives in the community.
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The material above indicates to me that a group of individuals, concerned
South Australian citizens, who had become public servants, seriously
thought through the problem of prisoner rehabilitation. A thorough
planning stage that discounted the inevitable vagaries of a trial-and-error
approach implemented a plan, knowing that, as the Muslim world knows so
well, nothing is perfect in this world, only God. Or as the Germans are
wont to say, ‘where work is done, mistakes are made’.
Now 50 years later I have the privilege to be a guest for almost 11 weeks at
this innovative model prison farm located in South Australia’s eastern
region, the Riverland, just on a 2-hour drive from Adelaide.
Welcome to the world of ideal reality!
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