New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-07
WHERE SHALL THE MATRONS BE PLACbD'
THE ROOMS SELECTED ARE CLOSE TO THE PoL4OE-
MEMS DoRNnToHEs, BUT THE CoMMIs-
sIONERs THINK THEY'LL DO.

sIONERS THINK THEY'LL DO.
Mrs Josephine shaw Lowell, a member of the state
Board Of Charities, fled protest yesterday WIN tle
Police Commissioners against the location Of the rooms
preDared for the police in tie oak and Ezaoeth
st. police stations, the ground that they are al an
inconvenient distance from the cells OF the wOnehs
prison and in the midst the dormOres OF the ponce
She says:
You will remember that one reason given by some
OF the members OF your Board against the appointment
Of police matrons was that respectable woman would
be AT ease among the officers of your force. Ihls
wholesale charge against the police Of New-York the
,dyeates OF the appointment Of police matronS nave
never accepted, but there is no question that what
ever the character Of the men, 1t cannot be asreeao6
for one woman acne TO be placed in close proximity u
the sleeping apartments OF IA large number OF men,
The objection to the selected by you, however,
implies that the matrors can make some use oil theh
during the night in the intervals OF visiting the prison.
but as matter fact they placed that 1t VIII
be absolutely iOr any natron desiIous Oh 90
ing her duty TO remainin the cells lo0tng rooms dur
nQ the twelve or fourteen hours of night duty which
is an ordeal that woman can endure for very long
AS it is quite possible to secure suitable rooms Tor
matrons al distance from the officers dormtores and
close to The wome's cells by taking the present lodg
ing Of the for the purpose, most earnestly
beg sou 10 make the change at once
The Police Commissioners considered Mrs. LowelPs
complaint at their meeting yesterday and decided TO
make no change. The Commissioners devoted the
greater part of the afternoon to the adoption of rules
Tor the government of the matrons. According TO
the new rules members OF the police force are pro
nibed from interfering with trespassing upon the
privacy OF the mstFon during her tours OF duty The
rules further provide:
The officers In command at the station houses
designated shall cause held under arrest 10 be
kept apart from the cels corridors and apartments
provided for males under and shall prevent any
communication between the men and women therein
confined except with the consent OF the police maron
or the officer in command Wien "a woman prisoner Is
brought 10 the stauon-house. the officer In command
shall at once call the EatrOn on duty to make the
necessary searches and the prisoner shall be conducted
10 cell by The matron and remain in her charge while
20 confined. The matrOn shall visit the cells ocou-
pied by women prisoners at least once In thirty
minutes ANY sicA. injured or helpless women prs
oner, shall be treated and cared fOr only by surgeon
and tae natron duty except IN cases where the IN
terets OF humanity justice require the attendance
OF others, When the examination Of the person or
clothing Of a woman Prisoner SHAH be deemed neces-
ary the examination snail be made only by the HatrOn
on duty under the direction Of the officer In command
and with the least possible exposure and publicity.
DoOrmen are prohibited from visiting the cells in when
women PRISONERS are confined. except upon the call OF
the matT0n By special direction Of the oicer III com