The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-12

treatment and training. They are made to
feel in thousand and one little ways the
anxiety o. the management for their phys
| ical comfort well as their moral welfare.
| Instead OF letting every pair of convicts
keep their cell in order detail is made for
each section OF the cell-houses. with
| foreman who is held responsible for the
cleanliness and order of his section The
result is a friendly rivalry that produces
absolute cleanliness and an appearance of
comfort in every cell. One could ''eat his
dinner from the floor Of the corridors they
are so clean. Spotless white paint and pol
shed ratings have replaced the somber
greens, drabs and blacks of the celi-houses
and given them sunshine and life.
CONVICTS IN NIGHTSHIRTS.
Every convict is now given underwear.
with change once per week-and every
mothers son of them wears a nightshirt!
Every one is given a bath at least once
week and it is a comfortable bath. with
warm water. good soap and a porcelain
lined bathtub of full size. Absolute system
rules in everything. The convicts have
their cells numbered and assigned TO them
by a card case just as guests are assigned
in hotel They are treated with quiet
| dignity and respect and in return they give
| gratitude and respectful obedience TO the
| slightest orders This treatment has not
been known to fan with even the most
hardened criminals.
visit through the workshops this morn
ing showed the men everywhere at work Sras as
workshop and. indeed, stripes are so rare
that there is nothing TO recall the visitor
to the fact that he is within prison walls.
OF all the convicts here the vast majority
is in the first grade, and there are but Tor
ty-eight Qess than per cent? in stripes;
On their arrival they enter the second
grade and at the end of three months they
are advanced TO the first If their conduct
has been good. left in the second II IL has
third if il has been bad. Very few of them
| stay in the second grade and still less drop
to the stripes of the third.
The kitchen, where the food for the men
is prepared in enormous quantities is sup
piled with modern cooking machinery and
is absolutely clean. To-day the men mad
| for dinner boiled beef, potatoes, bean soup
and corn bread. and il looked positively
tempting. II evidently was 10 the prisoners,
| for most of them were helped two or three
| times. No man ever leaves the table nun
| CRY. To-day they came to the table with
| clean hands and faces and most of them
with their hair neatly combed.
The rules for the Reformatory,
adopted by the board a few days ago, were
received from the printer and made public
who have been watching prison-reforn
work. The rules provide for board OF
managers and general superintendent
chaplain, physician, assistant superintend-
| ent captain of the guards, clerk. assistant
| clerk, chief engineer. trade-school instruc-
| tor, common school instructor, captain of
| the night watch and state agent and the
| general superintendent may, from time to
| time, detail from among the several keep
ers. for their ftness. farmer, gateman
| yardkeeper, cook. principal nurse and such
/ assistant Industrial and manual training
| school and common school instructors and
| other assistants as may be necessary. Ke-
| ligious and political interests must never be
| considered, and competent and efficient OF
ficers must not be removed TO give place TO
those not known to have superior quaiiflca-
| not be less than twenty-one nor more than
| forty years of age, able bodied, with good
| health physically and mentally able TO 90
! their work.
| The board of managers are to hold meet
| ings the first week of each month TO con-
| slider the work of the Reformatory and ad-
| wise with the general superintendent. The
| chaplain shall preach once every Sunday.
| and the religious training shall be nonsecta-
| rian. There shall also be Sunday dis
| course on ethical subjects. The parish
| priest may visit the prison early Sunday
mornings for confession and mass. The
| duties of the Reformatory physicians are
| many and contemplate a perfect system of
sanitation. The clerk will be the account
| ant of the Refornatory. The common
school instructor sssH manage the. school
| department, excepting the trade and train
| ing school. which comes under the trade
| school instructor. That part OF he rules
referring to the Reformatory physician are
| interesting. and embrace the following:
THE PHYSICIANS DUTIES.
''The physiciak shall reside ar the Re
| formatory, and examine and prescribe for
all sick inmates. He shall examine every
| inmate on his entering the Reformatory,
and record, in book for that purpose, his
| name, date of entrance. date of examina-
ton, nationality or race of inmate and of
his parents, his weight and stature, and
| heredity, far as Neffects his criminality
or health; also, the condition of his heart
| lungs and other organs; the rate of pulse
| and respiration the measurement of the
| chest and abdomen; and any existing dis
| ease. deformity or other acquired or in
| herited disability, and he shall Immediately
| Vaccinate him.
He shall keep a record Of all admissions
| to and discharges from the hospital and of
| all cases treated by him, with the name,
| number and place or the inmate and the
| diagnosis and treatment, with such obser-
| vations as may assist in forming perfect
| record of each patient. He shall make a
| written report daily to the general superin-
| tendent of the attendance at the sick-call
| in the morning and Of the disposition made
| of those reported sick, and also of all ad-
| missions to and discharges from the hos
| pital.
| He shall, every morning. carefully ex-
iel an inmates m IN tine sSaary cells or in
| and shall make written report to the gen.
eral superintendent as to the condition of
| each. He shall be particular to report to
| the general superintendent in writing any
| inmate whose health he thinks is being en-
| dangered by the punishment or restraint he
| is being subjected to, and shall recommend
| such changes in such inmates diet or 9TH
| erwise as he may think necessary In the
| absence of the physician the assistant su-
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| ton every evening, and make a written re-
| port to the general superintendent.
| he snail frequently and also whenever
| requested Dy manager or by the general
| superintendent, examine all the cells of the
| inmates and the dormitory and layatory
| and the plumbing and receivers of night
| soil for the purpose of aceertaining whether
| they are Kept in proper state of cleanIi-
| ness and ventilation and in good sanitary
| condition, and report their condition to the
| general superintendent and to the officia,
| who made the request
| HE shall, whenever requested by a man.
ager or by the general superintendent, and
also whenever he thinks proper, examine
| the quality OF the provisions and the con-
| dition of the food provided for inmates:
| and whenever he shall find that any provi-
| sions are unwholesome or that the food is
| insufficient or for any reason preiudicial to
| their health he shall immediate tely make re-
| port thereof to the general Superintendent
| He shall have full control over the pa
| tients in the hospital subject to the rules
or the Reforlnatory and instructions of the
managers, and shall give daily instructions
| as 10 the treatment of each patient to the
| principal nurse or TO the assistant superin-
| tendent, and his orders must be followed
| In case an inmate claims TO be unable IN
| labor by reason of sickness of other dis
| ability, the physician shall examine such
| inmate; and if in his opinion such inmata
| be changed, he shall Immediately certify
the fact TO the general superintendent: and
| such inmate shall thereupon be relea sod
from labor. or his occupation be Changed
! or he be admitted TO the hospital or else
| where for medical treatment as the physi-
| clan shall direct. having due regard for the
| safe keeping of such inmate. When he GER
titles that such inmate is sufficiently re-
| covered to be able TO labor the inmate NAV
| be required 10 do so.