The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-01-10


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Genersl Ascembly. directed that nrisnners On.
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Eirhth. Ninth. Tenth. ana Twelffh I,,d;csI ls;s1
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Muscatine ahould be taken To the aiir;,;ons1
peuitentiary. THE number Of conv;c.. 10.
creased in the two years from 81 TO l48 This
increase will continue. and emphasizes the re-.
quest made by the Warden that the new cell-
house, OF which the foundation has been laid.
and for which large nnanttv =,
stone has been prepared. be hsstened
to completion and the Warden's sno.
gestion that the roof be made Of iron and
slate instead Of wood. a. at present planr,ed.
should be adopted. Indeed, believe it would
be well that shin9le roofs be net permitted o.,
any structures belonging to the State. The
prison wall is another object of prime impor-
tance, and cannot be too soon completed. The
quarry now owned by the State appears to be
comparatively valueless, and the Warden suy.
gests the purchase of another one ut which
the convicts have ALREADY done some work, and
the construction of a railroad thereto \ wag-
on road will do for present purposes, aud, If
the desired stone be found present III sniff .ieat
quantities the railroad can be constructed after
ward.
The statute allowing Communication TO PRISON.
ers ct this penitentiary needs revision. AZ
present, diminution OF time is earned BY value
Of aborlperformed. In the condition the prison
has necessarily been in since it opened It has
been difficult for any convict, however well dis
posed, to do $400 worth of work within wear
on any reasonable estimate of the value OF a
days labor. For the present, at least, think
it would be we'll to permit prisoners at Ana
mosa to earn diminution by good conduct the
same as at Fort Madison The provision al
lowing them pay for part Of the labor might.
however, be retained with advantage The
rule of the code was at one time thought
applicable to this prison. and conyicts were
credited with the same diminution al at Fort
Madison, and discharged at the end Of their
shortened terms. Doubling the legality OF this
practice, / obtained the opinion of the Attorney
General thereon, which entirely conceded with
my own views, that the communication law Of
the older penitentisry was not applicable here.
therefore notified the Warden, on the lth
Of May last, that no further discharges should
be made from the additional penitentiary es-
cept upon executive order but would grant
such discharges 70 all prisoners for diminu-
ton earned prior to that date, and for full time
to all transferred from Fort Madison. 1 have
accordingly issued pardons to sixty-eight OF
the prisoners at Anamosa, to take effect at the
end OF their respective terms, as thus dimin-
ished.
During the two years three Investigations
were had into the management Of this prison.
two OF them having reference to the term of
the former Warden, and one to that of the
present head Of the institution. None Of these
developed any dishonest or corrupt practices in
either OF the administrations. A further and
very rigid examination was made by the Grand
Jury Of Jones county, as my predecessor was
advised, Of Mr.. Warden Heisey's management.
resulting in that gentleman's complete exoner-
alton. The investigation into the present
management demonstrated the necessity OF !.
change In one Of the subordinate Offices OF the
prison, which change was accordingly made