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Wide, sweeping reforms in the conduct and administration of the reformatory, including 'the arming of outside guards with shotguns and revolvers, the storage of tear gas and the adding of twenty guards to the staff, ars contained in the 10,00+eword report prepared by Judge James Madden, the Royal Commissioner. Heaslip Is Praised. "Rotten food" was blamed by most of the 121 prisoners examined as the cause of the riot. But the Commissioner found the food whole-- some, and that 80 per cent. of the prisoners gained weight in the prison. Judge's Recommendations. Dr. J. D. Heaslip, the Superin-- tendent of the reformatory, . was recommended as "a very desirable type of man--a good disciplinarian. fair but firm." The Commissioner urged he be given a "very free hand to continue to improve and develop existing conditions." C The report of Judge Madden recommended: Consideration of instituting prop-- er and necessary criminal proceed-- ings against the twenty--two in-- mates who were alleged to have escaped from the reformatory; against three inmates on charges of arson, and against nine inmates under Sections 87, 88, 97 and Sub-- section E of Section 3510 of the Criminal Code, dealing with unlaw-- ful assembly, riotous injury and damage to buildings. . e * Sergeants Maguire and Max-- well Are Named by Royal Commissioner HIS REPORT TABLED Immediate retirement of two senior guards at the Guelph Re-- formatory and the laying of thirty-- four criminal charges against cer-- tain inmates are recommended in the report of the Royal Commis-- sion which investigated the riots of Jan. 17, and tabled in the Legis-- lature at 11 o'clock last night uy Hon. Harry Nixon. The "dismal failure and unan-- swerable neglect of duty" on the part of the two guards was 'un-- doubtedly the immediate cause of the riot," according to the report. The guards named were Senior Sergeant Alfred Maguire and Ser-- geant William Maxwell. 5 Sweeping Changes in Ad-- ministration of Reforma-- tory Recommended _ Abolition of the dormitories in the prison and the building of in-- dividual cells. The Commissioner RETIREMENT IS SUGGESTED BY MADDEN ie y 12 1 m es ce es o n C LLL of changing blankets: supply of mat-- tresses and sheets, the latter to be changed weekly. A psychopathic examination of every prisoner by Department of Health appointees before release, An amendment to the Criminal Code to provide whipping for those' found guilty of theft. On Jan. 16 there were 428 prisoners between 15 and 25 years charged with breaking, 1 entering, theft, etc., the Commls-| sloner found and suggested whip-- . ping as a deterrent to crime. | Greater recreation. Loudspeakers should be installed in the dormi-- tories and cell blocks, and radio programs chosen and controlled by officials. Suitable seasonable games or sports, such as baseball. softball and basketball. should be introduced on a competitive scale under strict supervision,. Curtailment of visiting time and the number of visitors. Establishment Of a rEeSUIIAT auctam,. Appointment o-t;n 1( perintendent to aid the 1 of the reformatory, More Recreation Urged. Increase of the . twenty men as so« Engagement of an Changes in the present staff where early as possible. Appointment immediately ¢ time Protestant and Roman C chaplains whose personality lhe:m to institutienal work. A itaten P thrrts Aiicetctsiadizadtiedise M i h s & 1 Arming of outside pickets and guards with shotguns and revolvers Storage of a reasonable supply of additional firearms and gas bombs in the building for emergencies. Training of a select number of cus-- todial officers in the use of firearms Increase of the custodial staff by twenty men as soon as practicable. T inty men as S March 13 Erection of amli-ivgh',' ;oven-wlre fence around the central grounds, logped' by barbed wire. Abolition of the five--man Board of Parole. Appointment of one per-- son from the legal profession who has had criminal law practice ex-- perience and who might be eligible for elevation to the Fench, to de-- vote his entire time to parole. Close study and careful consider-- ation to the education, training and ability of each inmate upon enter-- Ing, with a view to allocating him to whatever work or occupation most fitting. The older and younger prisoners should be separated as far as pos-- sible, those up to 21 years being kept apart from those between 21 and 25; repeaters from first of-- Tenders, found the dormitories were "schoois of crime" where "gangland methods" dominated. He recommended prison labor in the building of the cells to cut down costs. Compulsory education for all illit-- erates, near--illiterates and t h e younger inmates who have not pass-- ed their entrance. Refusal to at-- tend school, or apply themselves reasonably, should be punished in various manners, the most serious of which should be the strap. Edu-- cation should be the dominating factor in the reformatory,. Negregation Suggested. a of an assistant chef, -- i the personnel of the where necessary and as bpersonality adapts Assistant Su-- ' present head of full-- atholic