, 1869-07-05
THE JOLIET pEKlrEHriARY.
An Inside Flew of The Prison.
Employment Of the Convicts.

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JOLIET, July
1his pfl1of naA now the largest number Of coz
slcts OF any u the world, Slz, LIES males hna q
'e1oA'es' Hha 1uHoaocea among these prson-
CID tne nosL Aafahcen ano nTefalneo f!ssem o.
inausu3 Of any In use IN aoy.p'tson one-th2t does
np1e ~ IL toe coHf1eo 1os supporting 1nenaelTes
When sne1 naSe LETT inc prison thAn any other
Sas !os sAt Prison nt'tof1o, sne ~orkshops Of the
prison ano the demeanof and appearance OF the
men Al ioef Nofk would Impress petEou very
huch n shose OF Inc emaaolactoHes o. Aaasaeho-
set'H and connecticut lnseeaa o1 aseftet, Sul!en
lacea. nalf-ceazed ~5tn crime. passion and hatred
OF the "or'o, goibg through the tasks allotted
shesn !sse teousZea galley Slaves With determined
ndolence and the esident dealre 10 do as little Al
POSSIBLE the drat pont anu II Is most important
one, Is that OF these eleven hundred Men fully one
thousand nave good coanteLances, m express
hon o. thofprgh occupation With their WORK, and
thes WORK "1th ~ nuen gQlcknfss and nervous
FitailtJ aa the ofo'narf ~ork!ngnen IN soops and
!ac'ot7ee, "ho e1pee' thef fuil pa5 eEetJ Satu1-
cay htehr 1hA general tone aud expression Or
the conTleta tn'pFeses one at 1fsf sight as result
ihg 1fom 9ooa PROVISION bs the siasc for tlelr
olsefsiaed emp!o5meht accounting to thelr pn5sl-
ca Strength H7a HeAta capaciI;v cohboea VIII
good dlsclpHhe anu good Treatment As rule,
on! about one ID twelve Of the conyicts. when
they enter here, arc acquainted Nxh any Kind ot
metnn1ical or sEuled 1ab0f- let here they arc
pursuing tn1fteen dlst1hct branches OF work, Ill
involving sSal. f1isons "Ita less number Of
mep might probably connne themselves to one or
TWO brahcheA bsUcfWay, ut Detroit, with about
80 ren, Wolka them almost wholly on chalrs ;
and r1lstusy, Of Albany, with larger number,
puts most Of Shem On thoea, The discipline Is
tAslef Where there Is but one employment, and
U there a1e not too many nen the management Of
the nnances is nmpuaed thereby. B1t 1t has
been Ruod here, when the EorE tlo largely to
coorefaget that the excessive product aHanpcd
TIE market ani reacted 10 Dlufe both the quality
Of the work done and the Ra1es- Hence. the more
ofefa}aed piao, which, Ike most Plaus worth
ah5ihlnr, came not AZ theory but as neeessity.
First "e haEe stone-cntGng department, With
1so men engaged IN Kind Of wosf at which, i1ter
tney leAfe the PeutLenffafJ, the5 San cam - a
Gay. Instances have occurred IN which they have
earned II. 1DEs branch uf work, though laboHous,
ID preferred py the prisoners because OF the value
Of the trade they are learning. Next $50 are
employed also 10 tbe quarI1es. As the latter le
outside the prison walls Il might be supposed
ttcll occupation would n1otd special opportunl-
ties for escape. There has been no actual
escape from the prison since last No
venlbeT. A few weeks ago elE men
t11ed to make break and f1o from the quarres
but failed Two Of them we're shot, but not fatally
and all WE'RE brought back and punished In the
dark cell
The wagon department, with which Is combined
the manufacture OF cultlSatofs and other Agt1cul
tu5al implements, employs about sixty nen. ant
sufns out About 1Se Wagons da5. The wagons ast
substantially made, hat a little more neAtneas o.
hnhh. matter tnat aepenas a1mosI eotlEely OF
the foreman, would promote thtlf sa'e- The ef
sensfe oSf1pntion Of unso!o calti'atofs over fat
West. OF which complaint has been MAKE
occurred before the present warden entered upot
his duties There Gre considerable qQantIue.
OF the product Of this department uEsolt
and II 1t requires a greater variety of material!
and sAA, and long investment Of Idle capital
both IN aeasonInc the materials and selling ths
product, and as the men are liable 10 be brought
to 4 standstl I. any moment for want Of any O
these dIyer7tded tna!r.1nis tas they were wtthi1
asew weeks for want Of seasoned hubs}, 1t seetal
to us, IN nnanci1l point Of view OF the NOS
questionable branches of Industry pursued hers
About forty men arc At work in the machiuc dc
parfment At least one Of the two 1fean engine
used In the prison 70 drive ii vast machinery
| nttests the beauty and perfection Of thef WORE
The sa'ne Tenar applies 10 this hs to ene Taso'
and the hlaessultning departments, f.1, Una
ii Ii Improving anu ehnobune 10 tne mel
| 10 work 1t enploYmeats Involving 10 large
| degree OF skill
Al one fotpkR At the eanes,- interested AMI
,riatl1 tnrt,rinps faers nj The men thnA nnrar ed
/ ava ror+-oafr ,he ptreent ennch in prtson man
orement vim thu nertot, when In th,s cnuD1r
| an, N Fnc,,ot picr1nu catnm. nr tnrn,nu
| .-tht -hIch ,rrn.s no,ntno pen~ .ecs,aeh a. ,h
NY o.-nnattona n whtc1. a felon ror,a bc nut
- =. ,nn., . s+r,da NJ n,r,orcs. na hs+v.rn
| ..s..e ~, cna,-ssr az .to,..hoot ond
as,sc, ss- snoncl.1,, shase n,odns N rnnn]ovmrn
~. .sn,i,,,at lion or nr4.nn hv III
| @nnIt,.,s. ~ a-,uu. tne- tnvo,v. thc x.,1ety n
! n.,~r,.,, m n. rnrrhazed fnr tneH. and m
nrrrasi,I or keeping the contracts, ga1es
| de],yerr. and collections worked u]
| even with the capacity Of the men. l
,his can be done they 1nyol.e Rreat pront, a., b
MD pf machtne.1 and ks11l, the conFlck whose sup
| 0n1Y N a 1AY. Ii made worm i
70 s6 a ,,ay to the etate In the degree that thi
s,,s tn hr dams tht lnhor nj thr convict Il liable
~, ,,,nndph f,nruo t,Et v,nter me ssu,r
l -, h.tnr,nc.retn -hotha- or not tbs ept.Iat,r
',1,, e,a,,,r. N, nresen, s,.,en, or ao,l
80. ,,a r-,aon s,h m. u,r1en f,an.ra, mar
n1sca- hortr- eon.,udnd N raa,c, thc nrrrh ~
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| ~ mo,. fban ono or Two tsyt. Except thee
I casea. md spc unavoidable suspension OF laSof
the auarY,es IN rainy weather, all the able pnsol
en- hare been steadily fept nt wn1k. There Al
| now 1vo In hospital, aud there are usually ahou
twenty who. from eRe, disease, OF os cripple
cannot work. -Four per cent Of Idle men for Il
entire 1.s0a would be a fair continuous aTeraS
though men are necessarily employed at details
hpt,ts .uch II attending Fates, kllns, derrick
doo.n nr switches. which do rot Keep them
wors all the time. and give an appearance OF I
, do,enrr IN far RI tnese fer men Are coneerne
me rtc.r shon, enp,ogIng FORTY men, as well
,no sn1.eahon rm,jn,inp s,rt7-four men, .
~ ~ e.. ~ tonf,.ctorS for atnnt nj
.ntn - -, 10, ,,y Tne rnost erner1enc
49, .pe.essfn, n-,on orsrers rtrs.d tne .h
hns,rex. =. one nr ,he bet sdsuted for pris
, ,ahov roth M cnnce1o. psont sc1 discipline. r
,,,er, ran be rcers easny held to 6teads uort, u
: the work itself can generally be done ou oz1crs
heavy contracts, AND involves tc. materials, .
,epse, IKE the product, are Of steady value
objection 70 leasing any portion OF the labor, Al
the shoe and cigar sbop., Is, that the foreaaen
not prison o11ce1a, have no experience IN dis
i pine, and sre nut inclined 10 bring thetf sae*s
uiBc1pune lhto ssbofutaA-4oa ~ >Aos - 49, =.
= ofaceft Hs iae business y. lug ~ 81
tne pE7Eohel NJ" ~ reiA' Naa ef
o requires, to report niiu 70 tne 4oasa auu ~
peru,, warden, Bus throughout the test1me
- M The forcmeu Of these tHo shopa, before
- r-,n, mrr ara constant co,upla.nts arising +,
,nn{r sror., m assc,n,.ne the py4sone.s tacnsely