The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-08
CTTY INTELLIGENCE
M0YAMENSING.

We have received an aoNhnVs, ~ ~, tnsnar
Twenty.second Annual Heport OF tnS lnspoo
fora ot the County Prison, showing dne operA
lions of that institution for ine ysM n n, IN
The Board Of inspectors u ,ae,ep. maue sp lo' -"
y?Ss5n SSnn lsS5'y B. Slddis 81 Es%%e2
Smith, secretary is1Incp isnso Joseph II chandler
N. q. Evans, James ~, H,,Ehf,na xiiIiam n
HowelL WnnanJ Wnn 7 1,odman paul. NJ. ID.
Tne present oinc"is VI 'N0
bjwing;n,o ;n,o,apdent--WIllIam B. Perkins.
bupeiluusvoW 9enrvY " Smith AZ, ID,
Phy snronh n aowell
yEottsonsOfiIen T.. spencer and Ann q, Ryan.
mauoon Observation-Disclosures Mirkel and
Deputy pSa.hins.
h0ws sa renoTt states that ian examination OF tue
satcs tables presents s9ysTs P0pSs I Of an
,s for the year 1868 was go against rs 67j
for 1857, a decrease Of e55 aud the commit
nsnss nsored with those of 1866, hen they reached
Se aSs In 1860 the year preceding the war tue
Io, Io,wmttments were 20 sol. For tue n tst nalf of
coIn nn laar from January 1 TO July 1, 1868. the
wv ~, anta were SO32; for the second half Of
sSe vear from July i, 1858. TO January !, 1859.
"0fIbe com mitments for the past year, Ihere
were BLACK males @9 sgainsS 6 tVs' se i9I iSc.; 0i
,Dara white males l2O96. against nearly tue
same number az 36D for 1887, ana oOlS Tor
Isss very marked decrease IL noLloseDle IA
the nnmber of commitments OF white females
Tor 1858 as compared Win nose OL tne pre-.
cedinr wears, There were 4Sol tOr looo aghlnse
Seia ter 1867. AS the whole number offemales
Committed is scarcely more than one-thlrd OF
that of the males. the progortlonate dlmlnu' E
tion In the commitments OF iemsies IL iaise, "a, 81
This may be considered as ialriy attIloutaoie 20
the Increased accommodation LOT iemae pTl-
soners which has been Afforded during
The past year, by the transfer 70
the Inspectors OF the frlson OF Iue
building formerly known as te ApSIS dst
Ioent, adjoining the prison. forty.IWo Sels
by this addition, aud by an extension Wnlee 1 ca
connected 1t with the old prison were auueu 10
ration of female prisoners.whicn was thos mace
attainable, and the lmproved iueanS ii Ioa 'u1 %
Of prison rules apa 5rpts m
marked diminution o Vagrancy ana crime IN
the female popniatiion OF ouI tSy' ,ho ,o,,oIo
"A comparMisV,hh M ~ od & .me ~ The Sears iss2 and
department az tne close ol tne yeA1s IT,, aoo1 % aHo
1858, respeouSeiyr - 81 shs 10y s dnart aUt
including the tried ana unlried. ysgranndts' ants
drunBsr1s, etc' It ~ VI Dacamhar ISS1 TIC ,,1r, '
was lUs @ on and Sn preyoas occasions IL had
risen mucn nIgneddc ged cconJItion ~ the EemaIe AZ
W WIN tne na pe mentinned also the imnoTt
ant fact which VIII pe taf tbe oseI Ia Ene @
pnyslSlaH1s bin for Treatment in this
69SnaTtmeDt were ten hundred and twenty-five
less less ouTing 'ue ty ye resuIis sanitary az veil as
LOO, VIII WmhIcb o "a heve sitended an i'm provement
moral IA ,ha Observation-Disclosures in one department Of
IN tns y sirons aJDnment ia certainiv nre
Sne pti Ssnr 9vi ~ on aTtenson of the ni,ch
more imnortant and overcrowded department
hioh lriOi q -. in Iga,"toT 10, to rnaies
"Tne q fncsnecitv Of ihe prison for the nroner
confinement and em ployment of its large popu
1ati n hn
amtbnrities of onr state and city. In every noint
autnorIles VI u oun rtarH anG n1nra oty pos
oconn;ca e nI' he innrious efscs Of lis oaer.
crowded condition are manifest. The results
NJ i'm mnroved sccommodation In the fsmais
Senariment have strik insly shown that the
Rrowth of crime and yagrapcy ia directIv
stinnnitod stiTwsin o I nu the am nndpe congra9atinn
SrisonsTs The sensrste system. Of which the
State ~ pennsvivania has heen so Iono canst
dered The especiai adyccate has beer ahan
Soned in everv densTtment If the nilsson ond
even in the convict corridors. two. three, and
even four prisoners are placed together In a |
single cell. The Board feels that this subject |
now imperatively demands earnest considera.
tion; and that either the extension of the con.
is a necessity that con be no longer oyeriooked
The establishment of q House of Correction
however desirable, would not relieve the Gro vd'
ion of The RoaTd aftar Ionn consiSarattn 20 ptH
subject In ali its aspects. Houss
ofCorrectlon for yagran a and drrn srds hOn1I
construction might 90 hand in hand Win ths |
greatly While its utTTe WHea tn%s be
Viate the unnecessary muitipIicotoWmo Wouto os % 09'
eisls and would facilitate the yvn Inor,G VI vn-
coordinate branches of the same aerutea VI T Swo
opinion expressed in the last rso w cnsnge the
LOT known as the Parade GrnwnS SpoIC, tnat Tue
the prison wonld he q verv Sni, oHHntiguouS 10
for ihese PURPOSES. The srSye sMspie onti lecsIon
frrespectiye NJ the edvontas srTuno IN volves,
affords jprnisbes n stronas e WnIon tnls site
selection; and it is hoped That the - IoT Jus
finally snrmnM~1ad SPposeo to lts use may be |
"Of the cononnI'S. 1n. a.
past wear ebnnt IN I 10 prison during the |
rectv with 40 a., eSUnnsc.eo, directly or indi- |
num S.r wtIh w antemperance Thus OF the whole |
ao25 for intoxcstoni i0T iOas asSI 56r Ss there
n,U1 iOr assault and battery; 1882 for disorder;y