Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-01-13
MARYLAND peniteutiary-The annual

Maryland Penitentiary.-The annual
report of the board of directors OF the Mary
land penitentary shows the workings of
that institution during the past year to have
been very satisfactory. The penitentiary
during 1881, as in former years, has been
self-sustaining, an unexpended balances of
81, 900 remaining in the hands of the board.
The health ofthe prisoners generally has been
good, and their condition much improved by
the routine of labor, proper diet and medi-
cal care to which they have been subjected.
The report OF Warden Wilkinson shows that
there were in prison on November 80, 1881,
591 convicts. From December /, 1880, to
November &c. 1881, inclusive, 179 additional
prisoners were received, making total of
40. There were discharged, by expiration
of sentence, 20S; pardoned BY the Gov
ernor, II; died, 10; escaped, Henry John
son, colored, on August a, 1881 } remaining
in prison November 30, 1881, 534. The
above shows decrease of 12 per cent. in
the number of inmates compared with the
previous year. OF the 179 prisoners re-
ceived during the past year, 144 were con-
victed for the first time, % for the second, 0
for the third, 3 for the fourth, for the fifth
They consisted of SO white males, 4 white
females, 81 colored males and 10 colored
females. The highest number in the peni-
tertiary during the year was $780, the low
est SOC, and the average number 545t. The
average number under contract was 463.
Joseph Davis & Co., shoe manufacturers,
employ 1877; W II. Evans, marble works,
140, and John Kern, Jr., & Co., stove and
hollow-w ware manufacturers, 1903. There are
at work in the various departments and
sick in the hospital as follows: Shoemakers
A, tailors 2, BARRIERS 2, painter /, bricklayer
/, laundry Z, runner /, A dormitory 6, ID
dormitory 5, bakehouse and refractory 16,
wagon-yard 3, front building 2, hospital 6,
nurse in hospital !, repairing clothing A,
intirm and non-compos 5, females 2S.-
Prisoners received during the past year
were convicted as follows: Allegany county,
6; Anne Arundel, 3; Baltimore city, 70;
Baltimore county, 10 Cecil, B; Calvert, 3
Charles, 3; Caroline, 1; Carroll, 4 Dor
chester, Il Frederick, % Garrett, 2; Har-
ford, 81 Howard, 5; Kent, 6; Montgomery,
/ Prince Georges, Z; Queen Anne's, z; st.
Mary's, 3; Somerset, 3; Talbot, 2; Wash
ington, 6; Worcester, 8; Wicomico, 3; U.
s. District Court OF Maryland, total, 10.
The report Of Mr.. John X. Randall, the
financial clerk, shows the receipts from all
sources during the year to have been $751;
lao 81, and the expenditures $65,l47 81,
leaving surplus of II, 1898 GA. The cost
per capita was $119 80. The receipts Tor
1880 were $72, 14S SO, showing IL decrease Of
$12 1874 90, and decrease OF $1,000 81 in
! the expenditures. The number of prisoners
now in the institution, at the closing OF last
year, was less than during the past sixteen
years. DR.. Slas Baldwin, physician, in his
report shows the death rate for 1881 to have
been 1873 per cent. The directors report
mentions the valuable religious work which
was done among the convcts. Sunday
school exercises are conducted in the morn
ing by both Protestants and Catholics, the
former under the supervision Of Mr.. VIM.
A. Wisong, and the latter by the members
of the Society of st. Vincent de Paul. Mass
is said every Sunday morning by Rev. f. J.
Sourin.