The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-04
LIFE IN LUDLOW STREET JAIL.

VINO Is benefited by the seventy-hve cents per day
which 10 allowed by the county for
ienance oil those inmates .: Ludlow Street jan who
are unable TO provide Tor thsmseivcs2 When q
arrested he rs taken 10 the Jail aud Tho question
is asked II he wishes to board. He lie told that TOR
Sl5 per week he board al the Wardsn's table, DO
allowed the privilege OF going In yard and
being locked IN his "room' until batpast ten r. N.
Ii he Is too impecunous or unwilling 10 pay the SIS
Tor such board Is furnished In boarding houses
50 50 per week, he Is requested 10 take tho oath
that he rs unable ~ support himself during his
hnemcnt. and Id then given room ON the top tier
The sole furniture OF this room, which two persons
confined OF two bedse ads, each Of
which are two straw mattresses when hare seea
vice Tor the boarders, and haviog been discarded al
uons tor thsir use deemed good enough Tor "up.
per iierdom." No sheets are gwen, and the
only covering 10 "A coarse, brown blanket
foul win the Civilizations and DIRT vi
hundreds oil iormer occupants Tor these blankets are
aired washed, although IN several Instances
the beds have been OCCUPIED by men
afflicted with diseases Bed vcrmin plentiful,
some oi tue rooms are frsscocd with numerous spots
where they have been SLAIN. Al SIX A. NJ the doors
OF the rooms are unlocked and the inmates have tue
Of tue halls aud corr,dors until haii-past I'VE y.
~, wuen tney are locked ny fot the night The pri-
yegs OF going into inc yard IL denied all except
So
when tho keeper unocks tho door In the morning
he tells the In mate TO sweep ms room and 90 aow
and WASH himself Un nIs arrival the WASH bssins
TO ands neither soap towels ana he Is compelled
10 rely on the good nature OF some who ios.
tunate enough TO posscss towel. Breakfast, served
at nall past seven, consists oil excellent bread and
pint OF miserable Iquid inlscailed coffee For
dinner the bill Of faro wares As foIIows:-Sundays,
ANAL piece OF corned beet three
soaked potatoes; Mondays, soup resembling dish.
water, with lew vegetables floating therein, and
pieco Of tue soup meat; Tuesdays greasy salt pork
ana Dean SOUP, unit ARTICLES food tor this warm
wcatnsr and liable 10 produce disease; Wednesdays,
beef stew, IN winch there Is very often not enough
meat or vegetables 70 supply ALI VI tue inmates aud
often the beef shows sv,denco OF having first been
cooked ON a gridifou before being put IN the stsw
Thursdays eornoJ beef ana potatoes; Fridays, fresh
GOLDFISH or naddock aud potatoes; SATURDAYS, rope.
tton OF "Wednesday - fare. supper 10 always bread
and LIQUID uisnlnsd by the name vi tea. All oi the
meals rooms and as tho bees arc the
oniy articles OF furniture IN these the inmate 10
Obliged mako his bed tho triple auty Of table
CHAIR anu couch. Nestnsr kniie, Jerk nor spoon 10
furnished, aud the food has TO DO conveyed to the
mouth according TO the ingenuity Of tho eater.
Nov, the iood 10 served IL been estimated By
persons who nave hao experience IN the care vi jals
IN othor cities that ia cost az the Ut.
most - NOT moro than thirteen cents per
day. !, thus becomes an Interesting question
as 10 what Is dOno with tue balance Of
the seventy i've cent?. An average Of forty !. low
estimate OF the humber wuo are maintained By tna
county, aud at seventy i've cents per day tho sum
pad tor theis support amounts to about $l 900 per
year. surrey THIS amount ought TO DE Sufficient 10
pay Tor good iocd rs furnsned In the prison
sing sing, where, according To recent newspaper
ticc the bii OF tsre nciudes BOILED meat, man, FISH,
| plenty Of vegetables, cheese aud on Sundays rice
plddtnr. IL should be sufficient to iurnsn soap aud
towes and allow least Que clean sheet every week
tor Zach bed aud TO have the blankets washed occa.
sionaliv Tue cost OF Keeping the place amo
10 pothing, as the work 10 zone by some the IN.
/ mates.
Is TO DC hoped that steps may be taken to have
the persons confined jail treated as human be-
nss ana that they may receive some practical pencut
OF the IS ~ per week when u allowed Ny the county
Tor their support instead Of having tour nnhs OF tho
amount diverted " uses for which u was never ia.
tsnasd. PRlsoNER's FRIEND.