, 1866-07-26
OUH JAIL SYSTEM
4 CRYING SIN against the ErrfaG.

About year ago Drnbef Of ph1lsnto!op'c Geo-
tktncn in New York started on tour OF tnspeetlon
10 the yat1ou. prisons In the principal cses u
United States, their object beng TO ameltorate the
condition Of the pttsoners, and bring about more
healthy sfs1e Of things in that dark side Of hte IN
The co1sxe Of the1s wanderfnga thc5 Eis1fed Chica
70. expcepns doubtless In such highly civilized,
nourshiue and pspSreti,se =. GO comnaS1s the @
las1art i1n tSns r e,.on yaase aeeoossioas Tie y
Krdcweli and The County Jail we're each vis,tca IN
,aru, md It He recolltst anyh.+ ,he opinion ss+ ss
In nd ci;y ct the Tntou had ,hsy found the pr1soas
IN .nrh = pTstched condition, an opinion when
sas fuily endorsed At the time by all wbo bed any
"a ysar nae come aud gone, and onr prisons md
EGU1qs sui rcnafn vcty macn a. t9et seIs as .un
Mnv n1 VI he idewslL md change lot the better
hui IN all ofG1ed apc eddy to tass . ,es. R;7,ess,
Improvement has Qeeatsmaana 1aaa nor ~ Ink 1Sese ~
10 0s nen e ID tne matteS
OF The community. and one Oh .chicS ,no,c sI1en
.lon might be well aesto%sa: "; 10 'hs eounty
M G 70 ahs a o. ,ee Of tss e hs
iof thorough reform Damp, lll.ssn, "a ssds' un.
and all 10 be a.ed a. piaces far bamsn hs5i sas
! Take lhe County jail to begin with. 1t is III
s,ed. = everybody SHOWS. IN nc bassaatnt Q! IT,
caty. Perhaps everybody IL not eqrally well aware
q ihe !ast ;hal y - one o. VT most nSshe1tta ~
|
estT be aoap,ed to the purpo:e for ws!c1 IT is now
n@sd. Ills III lighted md ~ san,lated-s'f7ct!y
dos ~s'ea ~ s9ses
IRON the eonerecst'on Of 20 many human beings,
lot models VI cleanliness IN themselves, IN 1ogane.
, lie bu.iding, Especa4ls i MS unriean Amos
ant f,eau, art.sns trom the cel: below, ;b.oash
); he f.kures The ceiling, IL At haes possiyely
y | tlckering. Enter even the "reesrtaon room" OF
= l I'll nRTe OEEaft0H3nY ed
vim The fresh a.7ials, and son are met t. hot,
sitting odor which fol Tine pF:e.ndess scss ~ Pos
u OF 1he daT The .lo.-roofed passages peh,a. BET, q
1t atenptine @ ,he dangerous gloom a . hew J! fass
g win ihena IN the inznoa1 reee>see q ths prison
We do not urge ne tmproptely o. a,asa1nns III
f Wass @ danger Il OVERRIDING reiom in prisons, p
troa deeianF ihat palaces shonld Be created to
a. a. ,hrir accommodation, susa as might prove an n
as ducement to the commission q crime: % b. ~
ny ,rssted , It lest Is human be,nss. r
men who ar UNDERGOING tef1 o. oqn e 9e,e
70 For ths Eyascp And for the cake o society tt.e
10 Is desitable that hey ehond be ksp: u snss CO.
~, oop'ag'on aroaod them on tbear release Ihe * Y
w hs,pE gFs0n s t. sg o oeiS @
eselT IT'S sespecs e I.se e one Il Is Impossible
:; !: II ;s.: = ) s:!s:s =:
d Se bopee thai il he preposee 1econe.raeiion Of
~. Court Houte building. Il new addition is 10
e an Nil receive due consideration from she an'h'
s., e hs s ~.
whIch IL in force, and The sta1e OF the celia. II
ny' Fl 10 be borne u mind that n tl1ets annsee
aca Be- guilty Of any oa.ncc, but arc simply await
NE e1um;nstlon. fhe5 are not pisces Of pnnt=hne
on1 W1h dae fad e hesih sn
~ eSsfsc,ssz onsht 10 ns Kept separate from So
oc af sasa asis + e. om seas sSe
lied the A@osy' and & ths othe5 prsenEen1s tEsn r.,
hs . wns1s tns ees aTe ana as1 ~
T. Is little distinction made between e=1. ana 70
L .a,G witt regard 10 ehs1as,e1 respectable cia7
oasuee M Il BE- = ee 70 Ind ba Il lie
meat. he IL thrn=t inio cue Of these horrible =
70 sesoea,e fos hs nshs VII Mt,h
W. N tome ca.ea not cven ! seat 10 1t !.
l q sse po.,rs ~ :sss
9sqn e ei IT. TN So, II !? asrR K
'es " of Pi! Pgaisais !eansiinies 70 an
',h .ho.e aea. among the pri*oae1., who, oeins hn
Of ! dted torsther two and 'hree, and sometimes =
xs< in one cell have excellent opportunities naoso
I'll is found tmptacucable to maEe any sepat1u
between the rexes, and men and y mn oil lot
.se md iakt character may be found u: any time OCT
md. ri IL sopaiiaon of these lock.ups ha. been nj
siu the subject Of COMPLAINT from ttnl= 10 hne to
Lay sae Rasse Sy s. sSe to r Tsnsss IL Ell i. Is
r., ss, social duty which hns been too l1ns neslsc
ao. iSe saont an atsmpt
1t 4toIu orr shoulders and C0nstlences!