Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-01-15
IN DURANGO VIE.
keveral Dslawareans sojourning In the
Maryland Fenitentiary


The annual report OF the president
and directors Of the Maryland Peniten
tiary, for 1891, has just been issued. II
Is neat pamphlet OF forty Eve pages
Astounding with information concerning
this well.kuown penal institution.
The report shows that penitentiary
can be made not only self-supporting, but
really source OF revenue TO the state
aud serves TO show that the taxpayers OF
Delaware lose by the prison system In
vogue IN the three counties of this state
The income OF the penitentiary has ex.
ceeded the total expenses by SO, 002 80,
during the fiscal year. The income was
$50 0s3. 81. land thesexpenditures, which
include every item. were ST., OIL %
During the year the convicts earned
$l2 234 30 as pay for overwork, all OF
which is paid either TO their families OF
relatives by their order or paid TO them at
the expiration Of their tenn Of service.
The balance now on hand to their credit
amounts to 81, 0358O
At the close of 1890 the number re
maiuing in prison was 68G. During the
present year 258 have bsen admitted
swelling the total to 924 OF this num-
Der ll2 were white men, lis were colored
men, were white woven and "a we're
colered women.
During the pact year 29e have gone
from the institution for the following
causes; Pardon Of the governor, 30;
death, 10; expiration OF sentence, 243
sen; to insane asylum, B Total number
remaining in prison November 30, 1891
633. or this number 224 are white men
10 white women, 1884 colored men and "a
colored women These figures show that
In both years a majority Of the prisoners
were negroes.
OF the 6S2 prisoners, SAG were let out
by contract, 1870 worked for manufactur.
ers Of furniture and plumbers marble,
100 to hollow-ware firm, and 2l6 to a
boot and shoe company.
The warden.s report gives the follow
ing figures, which show that New Castle
county prisoners meals cost the county
IL cents more per day than similar meals
do In Maryland:
The yearly per capita cost Of our.pris-
oners was 1921 02 the daily, so. 80 1-6.
This includes not only food and clothing,
but every other expense, such as policing
and managing prison. fuel, medicine, IN
suranoe, bedding. laundry, lighting and
heating, repairing and maintaining our
buildings and for allimprovements Of our
institution. The yearly per capita cost
for food was 500 la the daily per capita
cost for food fraction less than
8 cents.
or the 500 prisoners in the peniten
tiary last year 26l were laborers: walt.
ers, AZ; farm hands, 6s; house servants,
80; clerks, IA; cooks, 10; hostlers, IS;
sailors. 90 aud shoe mskers, II.
or the convictions 258 were for lar
ceny % for assault TO commit rape; 10
for murder; 81 were for murder ia the
second degree; q for manslaughter aud
SO for burglary Six were sentenced for
life for ~ and for 20 years The
largest age average Is from 90 TO 25
years, the number being 176. Only 800 OF
the 632 could read and wrire; and only
las were married Only liz was
strictly temperate, 240 moderate drink.
ers; 257 occasionally intemperate; 80
habituallY intemperate. Eight Of the
prisoners are Delawareans 365 ara
Marylandere, 145 being from Baltimore.
As foreign country Germany has the
largest representation, IS, and England
hext, II.
The Eastern Shore is represented as
follows: Cecil county, 4; Caroline, B;
Dorchester, IA; Kent. 10; Queen Anne i
=; Somerset, p Talbot, 81 Wicomico. q
total, 81.