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|title=Smith, James Monroe|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association (''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'')|accessdate=September 25, 2020}}</ref>Lawrence believed that the state should make an "honest effort" to steer inmates, particularly first offenders, into occupational skills which they could use upon release from incarceration. The two questioned the penal farms in which prisoners were used commercially for often back-breaking labor but not given usable occupational skills to help them find gainful employment once released.<ref name=book>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJp7dKVIl2UC&pg=PA148&lpg=PA148&dq=Rollo+C.+Lawrence&source=bl&ots=hQAvyuLGI-&sig=JnN17KqcyZ4zPse8mQnvzEr6WuE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CFQQ6AEwDmoVChMI0qvV4pLvxgIVA_eACh0QHgDr#v=onepage&q=Rollo%20C.%20Lawrence&f=false|pages=148–152|title=Politics and Punishment: The History of the Louisiana State Penal System|author=[[Mark T. Carleton]]|publisher=[[Louisiana State University]] Press|date=1971|isbn=0-8071-0940-1|accessdate=September 25, 2020}}</ref>

|title=Smith, James Monroe|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association (''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'')|accessdate=September 25, 2020}}</ref>Lawrence believed that the state should make an "honest effort" to steer inmates, particularly first offenders, into occupational skills which they could use upon release from incarceration. The two questioned the penal farms in which prisoners were used commercially for often back-breaking labor but not given usable occupational skills to help them find gainful employment once released.<ref name=book>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJp7dKVIl2UC&pg=PA148&lpg=PA148&dq=Rollo+C.+Lawrence&source=bl&ots=hQAvyuLGI-&sig=JnN17KqcyZ4zPse8mQnvzEr6WuE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CFQQ6AEwDmoVChMI0qvV4pLvxgIVA_eACh0QHgDr#v=onepage&q=Rollo%20C.%20Lawrence&f=false|pages=148–152|title=Politics and Punishment: The History of the Louisiana State Penal System|author=[[Mark T. Carleton]]|publisher=[[Louisiana State University]] Press|date=1971|isbn=0-8071-0940-1|accessdate=September 25, 2020}}</ref>

Joining in the call for prisoner rehabilitation was [[Margaret Dixon]], the influential managing editor of ''|The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate'' until her death in 1970 and a Long-appointee to the LSU Board of Supervisors. Nearly forty Angola prisoners engaged in self-mutilation to call attention to what they saw as inhumane prison practices. An investigation conducted by Lawrence revealed only two cases where prisoners had been beaten and in both the guards had acted in self-defense when attacked.<ref name=book/> Lawrence resigned as prison superintendent in May 1951.<ref>"Lawrence Resigns Prison Post," ''The Ruston Daily Leader,'' May 18, 1951, p. 1.</ref>

Joining in the call for prisoner rehabilitation was [[Margaret Dixon]], the influential managing editor of ''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate'' until her death in 1970 and a Long-appointee to the LSU Board of Supervisors. Nearly forty Angola prisoners engaged in self-mutilation to call attention to what they saw as inhumane prison practices. An investigation conducted by Lawrence revealed only two cases where prisoners had been beaten and in both the guards had acted in self-defense when attacked.<ref name=book/> Lawrence resigned as prison superintendent in May 1951.<ref>"Lawrence Resigns Prison Post," ''The Ruston Daily Leader,'' May 18, 1951, p. 1.</ref>

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