, 1881-10-16

The Abundant Ver.n1n, and whence
They Eon,e-3kccosnniesi o1 liao
Exanlf:iIug Committee"
The special committee appointed bS tne
County Board last Monday to examine }nto anu
report upoa the condition Of the County Jaai
put i'll an appearance At that 1nstltut1on ~ :"
O'clock Yesterday afternoon. There we're pres
cnt Commissioners Wood, Scnnc, coburn. anu
Miller, k:,opf beng absent. Commissioner
lihcinwuld, Chairman Of the Jail Com ntttee, was
also present These gentlemen. accompanied
by q TKluCSE reporter and hcaded p5 JaateF
FoIz. started on n tour Of Inspection anu lhfcs-
tiration. There WAS no attempt to . rusn tue
job" and every man prosecuted his iaoors as Nc
s:tw lit.
The regular Saturday cleaning had been sus-
pended, so that nothing Of the kind interfered
with the Investigation. The general appearance
OF tue Jail was very crelitabie. and walk
through the various departments would impress
the observer with the idea tEa, nothing couio oe
better snauaged. l:ut bS utlkug WITH 1aT.se '
number Df prisoners the reporter learned tnae
blankets last Sunday for tue first time in Soy
eral months, and that The old ones were
I..rEHAL1S ALIVE WITH LICE.
while lcdhugs aud cockroachcs were exceeding
Is plentiful. The inmates said that since inc
change had BEEN nude they had been able 10 set
little sletp Though most or the cells yet nau
u good supply Of yer,,lin. While on the ROUNDS
through the main SECTION the investigators can't.
uppn the whitcwnsh crew The furnishings
were being changed from cell to cell ana u good
coat or c;slcm3ni1ig applied 10 tue walls ano
ceilings. The mattresses end blankets we're laf
frnul D:inE free from, bugs.
In the upper tier or cells the water would nos
run, alu The inmates complained u tne Srcat
1r,,ubie they had 10 keep the mir from becoming
foul and unhealthy. The explanation a1'rdet!
was that the boilers were being orcrhas3!eti, anu
tho tanS ut the top OF the building could nor oe
filed. The buys department was IN ADULT the
s,tne general condition us tie :1lalu secuon.
while the female department was fou1ld TO be Us
ro.ches, us 1t Is possible to Eeep any sucn 1u-
StiINliOn.
WHILE EXAMINING TIE BATHROOM
and its cunyeEienccs, .tailer Folx explained 10
the committee that the rule was to make all new
cu:nerS take Il bath before sending them to 4
.cell. He told af cases coming from the pol,c:-
stations, especially these who had been held IN
the cells for some time, where the entire clotn-
ing oil the prisoner was full of ver1I'ln. nc told
OF other prisoners N.IO were supposed 10 nave
better dwelling places than stanon cells, whose
uudurciolh,n:;-tIr tho little remaining Of what
WAS oncc tntlerclothing-wAs Tiled WITH DIRT anu
rcr,nin to an incredible degree. These prison
crs came out of the bn,h. put on the Clothing
taken on. and 70 their cells Some Of thaiu re-
r3Hintd In prison for mouths without any chAnge
and the result was that everything and every
body they came in contact with was lmtnedlale-
ly infested
THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
It is safe to assume that the committee viii
recommend that the jaii be provided with n
least one p1ete change OF beddius. and that
some provision be Nude for temporary cna1iEt
of cio hing for prisoners who come to the ln-
stjiuiion iii q 1iitGy condition. With these pro-
visions the Jaer says that tho prison can Ee
kept i'll clean. neat condition, but without bptt
OF them it will bc absolutely impossible to haze
anything like satisfactory condition OF tue 1al
or OF the prisoners confined therciu