Talk:History of parole in New York State

Merge consideration
Rather than a separate article, would it make sense to tighten up the material to key points (i.e., "good time", "juvenille sentencing", "reformatories", etc.) and merge the information into:
 * New York State Division of Parole in the History section
 * Parole in the early history of the United States section

Both sections could use expansion and benefit from the great research and citations afforded from this article. How do you vote?-- CaroleHenson  ( talk ) 22:06, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Information may be better suited in another article
Since this article is about the Origin of Parole in New York State, the following paragraph may be better suited in the Alexander Maconochie (penal reformer) article or an article about Ireland's penal system:


 * In 1844, Maconochie returned to England to campaign for prison reform. In 1854, upon becoming director of the Irish prison system, Sir Walter Crofton, who had closely followed Maconochie's reforms, instituted a parole system based on marks. in which continued release was contingent upon adhering to explicit conditions whose violations could entail re-imprisonment. -- CaroleHenson  ( talk ) 22:41, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Ticket of leave
The following information that was removed - and instead a link was inserted to the Ticket of leave article - but some if it might be useful to enhance the Ticket of leave article and/or improve its citations.
 * As early as 1770, under what became known as the “ticket of leave” system, the governor of New South Wales, then a penal colony, could grant conditional pardons to convicts; in 1811, the colonial government began requiring prisoners to serve specific periods of time before they could receive such pardons. In 1837, a group disfavoring transportation approached British bureaucrat Alexander Maconochie, who had previously written about “penal science” in New South Wales, to evaluate the policy. While generally favoring transportation, Maconochie proposed that the rarely used ticket of leave system determine eligibility for release based on work ethic and good conduct, not by any particular time served. -- CaroleHenson  ( talk ) 22:53, 5 April 2013 (UTC)