December 8, 1876, a reorganization was affected under the name of “The Connecticut Prison Association.”
Hon. Francis Wayland, dean of the Yale Law College, was then elected president, and continued in that office until the time of his death, January 9, 1904, more than twenty-seven years.
Rev. H. M. Thompson, D.D., of Hartford, served the association as president from November 9, 1904, until October 27, 1910.
Mr. John C. Taylor was secretary of the association from March 9, 1875, until his death, October 4, 1909, more than thirty-four years.
The objects of the Connecticut Prison Association as expressed in the constitution are:
1. To benefit society by the reformation of criminals.
2. To assist prisoners in the work of self-reform.
3. To promote reformatory systems of prison management.
4. To aid discharged convicts in living honorably.
5. To co-operate in the prevention and repression of crime.