The New York herald., 1874-08-12
OUR OWN CRIMINALS.
Cries from Sing Sing for
AmelioratiOn.
FAIR PLAY FOR MoNEYLESS CONvICTs.
The Years Statistics Of Our State Prisons
and fcnitentiarieS

it's citixens The prevention OF crime, therefore,
belongs the order OF the highest duties, and de-
mands rom municipal and State authorities un-
selfish energy and the strictesr justice.
There are excellent laws for the punishment Of
crime. and rarely now In our criminal courts is the
Onender allowed to escape the formula of the
sentence the law imposes. But while these two
excellent things not to be complained Of there
is another part the real issue OF the crime, which
possesses sort OF ad hbftsm execution, which
combines justice to some and injustice TO others,
and, far from aiding in the suppression Of crime
oners an inducement for its committal to class
favored with wealth or influence. IL s not neces-
sarv to 60 back to score OF years ago to discover
cases In which sentences Of the courts we're unful
filed in which, even while the culprit was in pri-
son, not tenth OF the punishment intended by the
law under which he was condemned was meted
out TO him.
WARDEN HUBBELL's QUESTION.
The following communication from Warden Hub
bell, Of Sing Sing, urges upon citizens to awak
to the question, What shah be done with our GRIM
inals
AGxNr AND wAKDxTs Ory,cE,
:, sNG srsG, August TO- ls74
i. mistake e say that ninety per cent Of the PIs
records for Of two years and the
was % that r only Ten Dsr cent eyer come m here the
year was twelve per S cent Last wear r. It , was AIR
way other prisons probably I'VE per cent The re-
s are sSsa 81 the
M e sns ns al sa What i So
rom TINS prison are very Dad menDworse % % than When
snsy entered i They nkye learned much en- that is bad
and presume that they prey society
g use shs s Sns q
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you IN Us
sn ne %nd &c 20 Ds %
TIL best possible plan put in practice 70 re-
be hoped that the HERALD win go on in the dis
''' y '-' s'''A'A -'1'' g. B HUBBELL
AN Rx-CoNvICI's APPEAL.
An ex-6ing Sing convict writes the following
ttsm extended toward some criminals in the
prison Is received by the great body Of the money
ing for Warden Hub6el's remark that the prison.
ers leave Sing Sing with their hearts full OF re-
venge:"-
TO rnz EpIros OF THE HERAID-
pne and you interest in it thought
Will, TSus sy n e sa na p n tse @
place e. s % that are guards and keepers
ntsl would consent to act tor the wages
s 5 PEI for man:a naes Dsons arc s
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don three years they go home and buy one
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And now word about Warden hpbbsn Per.
Prison lie On
prison He forever issuing rules and orders,
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the keepers viii laugh and say He is nice old man,
Asa ;ssy $ ns % F. 1s's esss 7
hoDd cs 70 for nI 10 b ,1ne whes 5
practsed~that aThe least laws the tier government
M
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They are either cierkson contracts assigned 70 the hall
% Simmons, Sl King aresnthai cSsuncey johnson, e,
And me 0 these esws 6, Ss 70 other
s Ii WIN IL me vsiSss Of oss
might shns and S5nerwise enjoying
joyins the seelusion Of his six b, three To show
tractors sesPeaE them sometimes month before they
ere s Ss os Ne less ws these ss seas
there they can have no discipline HnaeT :. Warden Mel,
and vere LED 70 believe that under fhe new Warden
there wouid be an entire revolution III, in the
Of the frying pan INTO the Ore In conclusion l. like
numDeI OF OtnerS, WAS uere uOllK nOlulng.
thai my masters conds;cended to grant and herssTe
that Write this IN spirit merely
satss and to SHOW the people Of this city although
have no in its mana man for what
stands today monument Of the genius and industry Of
Sing Sing Prison sconducted "'' ''' " ''''' %
BY publishing the above will have the everlasting
Of
INTERESTING STATISTICS.
At the beginning OF the present year there were
IN all 101 persons sentenced for life one or other
OF our State PRISONS this being 1913 per cent OF
Al the prisoners in the state prisons, including
the Asylum for Criminal Insane at Auburn. The
number OF commuted death sentences added
largely to the number OF prisoners Tor life, there
being 23.l4 per cent OF this class 1t is SAID tnat
tue prisoners sentenced for life soon become
gloomy and respondent, needing for this reason
special treatment, though the average probability
OF their punishment is only about wen and a half
years, fact well known to them, but which,
nevertheless, is insufficient to inspire them with
courage to bear the ordeal Of punishment To
those Interested in prison discipline the question
how to deal with life prisoners is considered on
life sentence at Auburn Prison is 32
at Clinton Prison, 2s at Sing Sing, 81
for Criminal Insane TO- AT the beginning OF the
year there were at Auburn LOO males at Gin. |
TOD, 564 males; at Sing sing. l,2S7 males and III
Blackwelps Island Penitentiary, 3,S4O mates; at q
Erie County Penitentiary, 23s males and lo2 le- I
males: at Kings County Penitentary, 4s7 males
and 10 females; at Monroe County Penitentiary
1,045; at Onondaga County Penitentiary, 206
males and 2s females. or these totals I84 of
the males and 21 OF the females were under sew
cnteen years OF age. The total admissions for the
year we're Auburn, 397 males Clinton. 1873 males;
Sing Sing, $50 males and "a females; Blackwels
Island Penitentiary z l37 males and 357 females;
Albany Penitentary, 1,277 males and 337 females;
Erie County Penitentiary, 3045 males and l216
females; Kings County Penitentlary, L, 257 males;
Monroe County Penitentiary, GAG males and 172
females; Onondaga Penitentiary, ga males and
140 females. or these 1888 males, but only IL fe-
males, had been previously In prison.
THE PRISON ASSOCIATION.
The above interesting figures give pretty full
exhibit OF the prisons OF this state at the present
time, for though the figures were coated only up
10 Inc beginning OF this year the changes which
nave since taken place cannot have made any
material difference. The only institution in this
CITY winch deyotes any care or attention to the
climinaIs 1 OF tne city and state is that known
tne Prison Association OF New York; These
9entlemen report tnat during the year they had
visited ana advised 4,oll prisoners, had complaints
examined In 503 cases, had complaints withdrawn
In LII caaes and nracured alsa.a -