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the subject OF tho following message from
Mayor Bishop TO tho City Council, which was
read before that body yesterday evening. In
every thing that is disageeable and nauseating
this Institution is certainly the greatest in the
country, and more odors pervade it especially
in summer, than Coleridge found in Cologne.
We are not sorry, therefore, that the Mayor
has determined to use his influence to have it
abated. The following is his message upon
the subject: r-,
~ ffars4 MAYORS oFFIoE, |
CINCINNATI, Oct. "a, 1889.
To The Hon. City Council Of The City Of Gin
cinndti. as ~
GBNTLEMEN:--In my inaugural address to
you, called your attention to the necessity Of
work house for our city prisoners with
especial reference to the entire separation Of
the females, and better classification of those
confined for different grades of crime. But as
yet no steps have been taken to bring about
this desired change in our prison discipline,
and seeing the pressing necessity for speedy
action urged bv the dictates Of humanity and
the appeals Of the public, have thought
proper to call your attention again to the suo-
ject. .af ... ualy.f.. ...t...5.-...-
To those who have visited the City Prison,
no words of mine are necessary to depict its
utterly wretched and loathsome condition.
1t is not only destitute of every comfort
suited to prison life, but it is shamefuly
wanting in those conveniences due to the
most degraded prisoner. The ordinance es-
tablishing the City Prison Ito which l call
your special attention) is just and humane
in its provisions. 1t contemplates suitable
bedding, clothing, washing and other con-
veniences necessary for the health, cleanli-
ness and morals of the prisoners. But these
provisions are not carried out, nor can they
be, in the crowded and miserable rooms of
the present prison. As it is, all the female
prisoners, averaging sixty in number, are
confined in one illy-constructed and worse
ventilated apartment. A few filthy rags con-
stitute the entire bedding; the clothing Of the
prisoners is insufficient; decency is outraged;
vice is engendered, and every pure impulse
of the less guilty is blotted out, Amid this
| terrible want of all the decencies and propri-
cites Of life, stretched upon the floor, with no
support to the burning head or aching limbs,
but @ bundle Of tattered rags, the sick are
compelled to pass the weary hours, sur
rounded by throngs Of the vile, with nothing
to call their thoughts away from the wretch
| edness that surrounds them.
trust, gentlemen, to know such a state Of
things really exists, is sufficient to cause the
application of q speedy remedy. ss .eu..
1t may be said-nsy it has been said--that
the discomforts of tho prison are. no greater
than the actual condition Of the homes of the
prisoners. This may be true of some, but it is
not trne of all the prisoners and if it has such
arguments, lose sight entirely of one of the ele-
mental principles Of all punishment the reform
alton Of the offender. .sH ..l9
Experience mas shown tnat persons In every
stage OF vice are susceptible TO sympathy and
kindness, anu may 90 won paok 10 virtue and
happiness. we should therefore DO negiectfal
Oh our duty,h IN tne innlctlon OF penaities' we
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