New-York tribune., 1884-01-02

AUBURN PRISON
Earnings. sI29z2g sII7a AZ AZ
EXpCndltuTcs..............' i4o'-
s.--,, ...---........... s5i22 SO
SING SING.
r,-u.,r, .,.. s2a7 29s "a
Expenditure s.....-............. l7''-io -,
-. 5l,o19 Is
s5gAu 50
Earnings .............. .'......-''''7ggti ass 20
Expenditures ..............- .-.''..-'' 'i'-'0
- ......... 5O835 10
s9lOG %
Two hundred convicts have been transferred
dnring the year, from sing sing to Annuih ,
learn ms the result Ofinquires nstltGtcc on .e
! subiect that on the 1st day OF Deccm9cr' loo2,
more than 10 900 men, women ana cillloilrai i,
confined in the prisons, houses oi refuge, PsttL,
tiaries reforma tories jaIls and protect0Iles WlI
~ S+ote Of course all of these are not convicted
! of crime. but the igures suggest large cohvict
population. the care and mana ge,fin1 u
! present important and intricate questions. ,o
= Of the number above mentioned JUi were con-
, fined in the State RefOrmatory at Elmlra, upon
conviction of felonles. such conVictS IT
TO be between the ages of sixteen and thirty yeas
! 10 term of Imprisonment is fixed Dy the sentence
bnt thew cannot be detained longer than the maxi -
mum time for which they might naHG o oiu ;nnri.nned
! until discharged by the rules of the INSTITUTION
| The Board of Managers may transfer zen, iei,., t
/ IN either of the STATE pT.NOlS dug 'h''''
Hbn sub0uent TO his committal to he Reformat ~
shall he shown to have been at the time OF MS co
yictiOn more than thirty years OF age OF 10 nav nav
hceu nreviously convicted Of crime, OF any aPPIiI
| Ill, tncorrigLle prisoner whose presence IN lne
ReformatOry appears to be seriously detIlleh'al "
! tbe wel-being of the institution III alteI sun ouoH
transfer he is not recalled by the managers he mus
ran,oin in state prison during the balance OF the
! longest sentence that might have orglhaliy i otem
imposed upon him. The law allowing Iat IGaHrtiGil ~
| of the time Of imprisonment Tor gOOu cOhu"CU II
| not appliCable to his case. T -
On application to the prison at Auburn, learn
! that siuce the RefOrmatOry was established anu
NJ =, the sixth dgy of December, 1883, sCYontN-lEe
persons who had originally been sent 10 nc hc- hc
formatorv were transferred, under me con,eI.l'lS I
aluye stated to the Auburn state prison. VI VIZ 90
| fftnrn have been allowed to serve III prison 'l,,
longest sentence that could have been Pr2hDuet@tn @
Cor th .ir crime: was discharged ny oI'cI oI III
! managers of the RefOrmaory; one was u'uSI' " va
tn liiton prison four were transferred 70 the ASy-
/ lum for Insane Criminals lnne ol W1ol1 wa snu @
seguenty returned to prison.; TWO ultu oLr ,I %
recalled TO the RefOrmatOTy, and hity-tWO SUI, ~
! manned IN the prison. How many Ol IhVho "'ic
sent TO the Stale prison by the managers pcs".tt'
in their view. they were aPPar'Ru ~ an
prisoners, whose presence IN the hcIorI33tIR "dc dc
hears to bc seriously detrimental tothe Wcll-nrhg ol
ibenstitution" is not reported; 6ut Is saIe " 9l
that Il laIgr proportion were CohnlEhed 10 Pii1'l i
nm ,tjp~1tion The prisoner thus transferred VINO
/ was sentenced TO the hciormaiorF, IN mercy c.,
avoid the stigma OF sentence 10 p-iSoi, 49,,
/ nurnosns of reform, because he had malnIaihr'
frTctoTorp "A good reputation and standing IN socI-
etv NAV meet 1T the door Of the prison MS rI'.l
uliCc I'm the crime committed, "lD' ma " '''''.,
uTrtrurc Of character or ifSptclabIItIN' M = =,
/ the sentence to prison pronounced upon MN ny 'iir
| Court The worst and most hardened G'IH'Iid',' u
originally sent to prison earn, by good conduct Il
IJ.raLIc reduction of imprisonment. but The con
| yict from the E'fomatory has IA" Snih I'IilB
hope or sJrIyc for IN my OPINION lhr'n Ht,iE if
lee no power vested in the Boadgl M4uaItiN UI @ '.'9
ion to send persons committed - their caT1
70 the state prisons; aud, Ii conyciS are
/ TO the RclUrmatoIy the courts sholu exercise Wv
greatest care 10 b" satisfied that they are pr'H'0,
suhirrs for rrfnrnatory efforts and iIN trTm be
| youd wLichthcy cannot hc confined. release prI"I'
tho time thus fixed might w"ll be offered ~ IT.
| ward for improvement. reform or GOOD conduct,
1h,. law i'm relation to the reduction toI go'd ne
| havior. of the terms of convlctS IN nlaio PIi23I
| should he made more plain aud definite, ana lhe
poyer of the prison authorities to refuse such re-
duction be more exactly defined. ,,;..oa - +r,o
At the last election, there was submitted 10 Ihe
pcoplc of tho state for the expression OF Their ol-
ion thereon n proposition 20 abolish contract lab'T
/ from the State prisons. Quite large majority o.
the votes cast upon this question wrio III Ian2r m mHi
the proposition; and thepresent Legislature WlIi be
expected To consider the subject. IL should Ue APP
/ preached with the utmost care and deH H9cTatlph.
/ The opportunity of the w0rkingman shouId not ne
iuiurousy affected by the labor OF cOnYlcis III ihc
prisons: nor unless to avoid such danger or otheI
serious abuses, should the se-'npporthE lealuL' o
the prisons Ice lost and the expense oi 'h'I WdIi'
/ nance added to the burden of the taxpayers.
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
The following information is furnished by the
State Board Of Chart. 3 and the Commissioner III
! Luuacy:
The value of the property held by tine various
clarita bic institutions the lSt day of October
Iss3 was Ylz 49,. $3.50 OF, ofwhich $35. .il5,5j5 -
was in real estate and $7,jl9,SOi % III personal
The receipts Of all these institutions for the yeaI
! ending September 30, 1883, were as ICIi""H;
caaatJ S5Ia '"}'l' sad Stiy in,iaa. 3e3z53 e
lugo.r rudted benevolent Institutions. Tl57oo3 -
SloI209lI 0.
or this sun. $7lo,753 0s was derived from the
State 81 SO JI9 81 from cities and counties, ana
| 81. .52D57l H. from legtcIcs and donations.
/ The expenditure, during the year were asiolIoWS
By state institutions SO 20 +;
Hy y f1a@y gsor5yoP5teI rate IS oS35i
Sl023i. 1874 OS
The number of insane in the yarions institution,
/ on tAr 3Oth day OF September, lSo3, was Il,Z'O
dist IDutrd as follows:
state IAuatiC Asylum at 600
Hudson River state Hospital. ~
S,ate Uomropatuc A ylum ~
PuTO state Asylum. ~
Willard A syum chronic iusancl .... ......... lTi'
BugnamtUu Asylum (chr0nIC iusaue) ).........-. II.
County p0OrhOu- and asylums l,~6
City auIs-hou-es and asylum 3'Vd,
Nl9um i5i Insane Criminals. i
As lam fOr Insane LLnisr'lts i"
II.27,
of this number 5.Ol5 were males and G.255 fe
| males The tOta given above l. 81 ID excess .
the insane reported for the year ending ScPtcmOe
80 1852. ,
The rlra5cr of State paupers under care on the
LAT lav of October, 1-S2 was 1863 There wcn
zoe Committed during the year ending Septembe
so 1883 The number discharged as able to pro
vide for themselves was J0l adopted into iamll ie
/ abScOHded 81, transferred to insane and Dthc
asylums ., furnished with transportation TO thel
homes oI places where they were legally settled II
other States or countries 7Sii died 10. .
There remained on the 1st day of October. 1sN3
under care IH9. OF these 1jS were IN the stat
alms-hOuses twenty-eight in State insane asylum
and three in orphan asylums. o
Daring the yeaI ending September 80, 1883
sixty-nne crippled, blind, unatiC and otherwlse in
firm and helpless dheI pauper !Ound u The Tariou
hospitals asylums, pOor-hOuses and aims houses .
the State were sent tC their respective homes IN "a
rious countries Of Europe, al ar expense OF II