The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-10


IVES Tended at Mrs Aosers treatment and LETT tue
pr con- srd vent TO the hospitals after this Mr Aexer
spp' tied prisoners keepers; Mr 40 er ASKED ms
in What way / would treat Mad IN Res oil " she came
there; said would treat her Other prsonsrs sese
,-eaed MIR Acker then said guess sne nave 90 taks
her tReetsilj under my charge; &C tn &C time
tn usht Il Was oil q joke, but. ron .ess nAs sscs
taken plsoe, think that it vas ~. s.'d 10 s.resss
Ma an Rsrts came u, left the prison 70 60 to ths
h,spii. ju,t before he came; spoke 10 Mr.. Leonard
The omm'.s on the subjrct. aud ne said that
id ts+ put out OF my place, that he would Mr..
,ch and ~ and have 1t rightsa; Mr. Acker 10 very
cas- and Il hsrd to control the prisoners for want
uorbn. nj; have seen tho prso ners disguised With
liquor but do not know where they got it; thsre Is
muob ore room Deeded st the hosoiiaI; eat .t Mr.
KRIS tAbasj there 10 feeling bSt~esn think
ers should BIZ acme room provided for the mAtroa OF
the prison; there is much reformation needed in the
prs ni there r. no punishment and there I" . great
Mr.. wArs.LL, Deputy Keeper, Deposss and ssys:-t
A. came up reported TO him zone prscrisss that had
ted, which mi orous, and they corrsoted
,.questea MI s"%1r h o. Times TO l.y eo-n rules
b~ csled 1t proper times: cauust keep good order
for ant Of good rules and keeper that has energy
force tbeD have spoken to MIR Aoker num-
Der times about rules but II has net been done Mr.
Aoter IL too kind; female prisoners run and
from the ofhce deputy keepers have been sent from
the Island for neglect OF duty and bad la guags
but they have been sent back by the Committee
Pr,sons three or four times MIR Ackrr says he
help II; in csss, III" keeper INT back the
tame day; have reported the men In the ats drunk
Mr. Acktr condemned the man In charge Of boat and
for the CT keepers prtsOners Mr. Aoksr
has given orders for the keepers to Obey have
not d. NJ So have reported It but he has taken
notice OF II: II We had rules they could be snforod
long the COMMITTEES will 30 nd tho nded keep
and white come up in tse Black Maria: crossing the
river yesterday ouS Of the un cs Jumped board
their naues are recorded in q hook taken by Mr..
Brtou clothes changed, plaoed In their cels for the
night and in the morning assigned to their various
oupations; was at tea when Mr. Harrison arrived;
after TIA found HrrIison. MIR Acker and Sheriff In
hail talking; asked Mr. Acker where he WAS going to
place Harrison; he named the gate house, ohj-oed,
eu, be thought right on MonS.y found ;. that =:
know; slept Of his cell night. but the keeper
that night did not report neither nvetiS gated
by him or MIR. Ack-r; no oDs has charge of female
prison since Mrs Jacobs has gone to hospital except
charge; Mrs. Jacobs has applied to for things
for the female hospital have named 1t to MIR Aoker,
end b. said he would ate nd to It, but in some
she Rad to apply three or four times for the same
things Mrs Acker now gives orders for goods; want
dow to shsnty with Madame Rsstsll; gave dirsc-
lions that she should BE- kept In nte-room; day or
tso after WAS Informed her food sent dos from
| the middle bouss. (Mr. Aoker's) the feather bed
came In bcx tfor Mrs Lehman, alius Mad RsstelD to
the preon; ssked such things to b. allowed;
Mr.. Acksr answsred, suppose so; was present When
he said the Recorder Harrison, the
District Attorney could not hotties Of liquor have
frequently been discovered in baskets. buadles 80,
| cent to pritoners; have heard that liquor DO
bought ut the Almt House The m Der IA which the
up+ys brought to the Inland Is dssra ,eful in the
The Grand Inquest, from the testimony, feel COM
psll.o TO say. that there is systematic tavoritism
want discipline q neglect Of duty, and viostton
OF Law and that the s,Ary 10 im
and material requirement fats t. be, what prison
ought to b. and what he Law requires It SD ,uid bs
list In oioving intercourse between the p'i.oners
This has been for many years the evil OF prisons all
The world and has sted the Of lsgis
stuIPs and In every Christian county
II has been the boast Of our country that have
taken the lead in reforming this svi aud the two sys
tspe Of prison discipline known the Auburn aad
Philadelphia eystems. which have claimed ee st this
purpose have been the subject OF oommen. and admit
ration at home and abroad
The strife bet ween them has been-which has the
most eecuay answered the great purpose Of prevent
ing tb most Injurious practice of tsreourse
the prisoners In ev.ry large prison In utry
this object .eems to be- the main In the nations
Of Europe where prison reform has attrso:sd any
tention this object has still bee the great and leading
one. This has srisen from the all. p.rvadng oonvo
ticn that the mutual contamination Of prisoners
teracts every iIfc'ien Of punishm- Mt for oriue.
In al the prisons alluded Co, this object has been at
tans In greater or Lees degree; but In our Psntsn
| t,ary which built the Of the AUBURN prison.
IL Ia totally neglected There Ia acRrcely attempt
to toe most free and full Intercourse ng
the prisoners. when they retire to rs-t they
confined In separate cells In great lumber Of
cells pri- ned both sleeping
upon bunk, which Ia about two feet In width 10
the dsy time they oounsctsd In equals, and,
whether Idle or 1T work. have constant opportunities
for conversation:
TIE sick are huddled together In large numbers
where conversation ia as free a. both In day
night The invalid the aged the innrm the vnyfant,
the criminal aud har unaac are conhosd togssher,
all times And IN" peptent dytog inmates OF That
pr'on have NO means OF escaping ths ootruson upon
h'm OF the discourse and society of tho most rock.
lete and abandoned
In short, all the evils OF confinement In com
mon with unre''rsin.d intercourse which nave
attracted the police or almost every Chris
tish community for very many years exist Ia
fuu vigor In cur own p-n'teot'ary, have long
existed without awakening Any spirit of reform In our
city authorities are daily corrupt'pg the psopis and
rrpdeiDs OF no avail the vglaoos OF the pocs or the
action OF Criminal court; ana AL TINS 10 open aud
pslpAbe violation Ut The law OF the land, which d.
csree tbst pr.ou.rs snail o. Kept eparsts aud dis
tinct from zach other, ana all conversation between
them ,hal be- prevented
IL must not be understood that this violation
0, the command OF tue law, OF the dictates OF
~isoem, and OF the principles or humanity rests
solely with the officers Of that Institution. It
fes,h hieb.r-nas It's oiisip IN the Coumou Counoil
ana Win th~m rrs's the blame with tue present
pumotf OF tmcer' imposhioIe TOT Them sntrsy TO
prevent ipt.roonrss during The Gay. ara with tne
present numb'r Of cells IL equally Impossible 20 pre-