, 1874-01-15
Annual Meeting Of the Board of
Inspectors. .
Report Of the Superintendent
ceipts and Expenses.
Ovcr-CrOWtlol Condition of tho Prison
---Fagrants, Paupers, and
Insane.


Inspection Of the Priso1-..Its satisfac.
tory Condition.
The Board of Dridewoll Inspectors, oonsIst3no
OF hlcssrs Louis Vail, John q. uaiuos. and d.
q. Hammond, aud tho Council Committee On
Brfdowo1f,-AidH. White, Jonas, spauldlug aud e.
e. Bailoy,-ysitel the prison buildings yostor-
day for tho purpose OF inspection. On tlcit ar
rival tho Board Of Inspectors hold regular
meeting, aud received tho annual report OF
surr. FELTON,
for 1878. Tho following IL full abstract:
It shows tlaat tug number in rriAon during tho yosr
ending Doc. u, 1a7? was s,3o, sud thoir Average m
Der received during the ycar onllng Dec. 81, 1871
Gi4s. a1 thoir avsrngo imprisonlnent waa nearly 20
d1y o e lumber # 100 oy sso
Mistoa upon executions. .4s0 wero for amounts not
eTessSdln tss9 sn st5l for amounts rot exceeding
ii imrisonment q two days served itliss Il w" 10
readily that, for Industrial PURPOSES tac aboyo
OF those received under executions OF s1nounts from
$50 500 each, very many released by appeal,
a sna othSfs by payment Of balances duo upon hcis
the supposed duration Of their sentence.
This a the City Prison Of very popular commercial
NON -nEs,Dssr y1anAsra a. asp n.1 rAur1ss, rs
probably escaer thnn that OF any other CITY oul.dn Of
alike como horo to obtain sustcnaaec and aro sup
ported BY your citazcns, either from criminal nca by
your cnas,y. OF ~ ropto expense IN your asyllms,
hospitals, ansa-honses, or In your city pgsou. And
requires mich less effort to send them hero than 1t
% doss to c9ss them TO- any other insu0p We r.
on WAS intended house Of correction not az MI III.
eane asylum, nor yet homo for tho invalid. Under
nsI fe srs s{as M as our ely pocs eors Little
MENTAL. or PHYSICAL CONDITION, =.
sna sae asscs o. any ono VINO 10 20 sorganized a.
while here they may receive nt east eomfortnbo
tbsy om naossor 70 a ;p @ ~
f e U.S. and ill., ~ not an ,hon h
intelligent ph,sisan; to attend tho police stations,
ieneuy tAlH. 1ho Iolee JUSTICES oI tho CITY, they
90 not now possess y should TO clothed with power
an suahnatl!J eonme 70 your country nmB.aouscs and
aosplta or sena to their lomes, hush violutors Of
umaHces tonIa as arc oeeneo by the physician or by
usrrr sun,rors ron Prison
a,aciptne , anu your nonosabs pouy should possess
n e 4,e ~ tsanscr tro th1s INSTITUTION 10 ouch
~, "AtheVec YOU Lhn sucn Peraona IN
H.. V W. "to uauor convaSt1on ios F{oiattona OF
atge n 70 prisoners to be do
bo9n 99 Imprisoned. i1tp III 49, - ,..
sua % ya u n .nr sa 9nos ~ Sea an
% WIZ !eW s 70 tne4e tel.e, seu 10 cur ely ~
MY M Inn ~ na. 1 somo Aiuso omcient system OF
t,,r ,rs n"s esSn @ % ~ !nnn .as noM ~ IL vo8e'
On Of e yaarans ana Mo 1IS
fa
<on ~ Ky. ~ unI t eueir % @ ret'tn TO ta9 pnces
from "'4st'e' ''0s ea'0' "oa 1seo our hsu'auon'
AA'AN .-. ..,..
VERT Ia1oE ANIMAL OUTLAY
and In the end deter our charitable uetghbors from
oitl:cns. 'N@ "''''
VI tue number OF prisoners received, 5,042 were
soI voatGns ~! Of oy osnanees and l4o for criminal
OF COOK County.
OF socal relauons, 1o4o clain to be married, and
hsye fathor Only, aud iolo have moher Only iivtng,
while & 2oso hnye neither father nor mother lying
etatcs 800 warc white and 80 calored tho num-
bor remaining, or about hve-axhs Of ALL Of for
Ra saes % saas % ses q tho
vielos and crinnay !ncned ciaas Of priuoners In
surrounied by '''''~ '~ '@'' ''A
1RFLuESoEs TowAan on1MlsAb LIFE
with employment, either for the mind OF body, and
left to and their companions and pass ther time
for Or kcp: ut school at respectable emplny-
mens y not n'nguhr that our number Of this class
~ u . Gnenoefs IL 80 swollen as II is Iho dis
sied a6os aid is isasastian Of neehsates aDts q
sso oWar pe"un Y snss M ~
Of AZ nasionataE. There would be much less 3a-
, ventie aenIavy " ana efa'no II employment for our
5on'h ~. eohsa ~! nn e. ionha and enforced.
keen The e1ponses of ho department II tho lowest
pol5 @ H. Mtn u.s. interests and to accomplish
a. .S "itu tae aaG1nuea hnoIaen MN ~ posslb!ot
neneVor 5e aas mad lnsonle!cnt employment ht pro-
ane1se industries TO Keep bis labor employed be haa
devoted hta attention to tho Improvement Of tho bud-
lnGs H., aaa g;1,a4l grounds of tue 1nhtitution.
Inc 1'!cat!es Which ne now have Tor bfick.inaking
w materially iy reduce the cosf q construction. and
eaono w. tne ciy Doaru or rnbc WORKS g1ye % arkot
". for their manufacture better b made
OF onr surplus blick than In tho construction Of oil
nteaeo nnpEoVolnehss.
oEn MALE FR1soN 1s ovERoRoWpRD,'
49,. ."aS ~ tiH.t5 .,n - i 'a 40 ~ ~ @ ao
ocnnnont ~ och rh T. s & snI,p ri pGu W. n,st w. % ~
yicioua m,nd viii vico,s mi1i Ia so ,g1rah1e lint Il
Ia nsete.s - dis"mi.c i'm fn, an5 ~ rato shn"I
- nnns r. Nv ~ tnas .1 s ts15 %
80 WI trn W f 49, ~ so .n,it - t %
sng nnx uscd I tho,, ~ TX ,ai iota s nj Thi
,riie 1vn us nr.iiv rontn ~ o,,r Irosnn nn,..
Ti'a aniv ~ ns,nar. ,at a. ~ siJ
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ia sr1es "n1 H. o so1ect,o y ~. oranioms n