Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-11
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Salt Lake CITY. oct. II. 1898.
T. the Bdiiori
Through the courtesy o. the Hon.
Secretary VI state. with party OF
friends from Cache valley, visited the
Utah state prison. In former years !
had visited the pen In the old adobe
structure. which was bug-infsssed. In
convenient and ugly from any point Of
view. II has fortunately been replaced
with a modern prison In every sense OF
the word. "A one approaches Il h. II
at once struck with the neat appear
ance 10 the place. instead Of a rough
yard, there Is beautiful lawn sur
rounded with a substantial fence. and
everything On the outside has neat
and clean appearance.
The warden and his efficient aids re-
ceiyc you with every kindness and
spare 20 pains in showing you every
nook and corner OF the prison. The In
side Is as clean and nea; Ms the OUT
side. The cells were Inspected and
found In many Instances adorned with
pictures according 10 the taste OF the
occupant; every cell on each corridor
can he locked al once and thc neat aud
clean appearance Of everything In and
around the new state prison was
wonder 70 our visitors from the coun-
try who had never seen the inside of a
prison.
There are about one hundred and
eighty pernqna imprisoned here, and
oui u population OF iwO hundred and
nfiy thousand IN the state % Utah.
this IL very small per cent indeed
And u must be remembered that a
large per cent Of these criminals are
non-rosldenH u utah.
Another good fcature Of this prison
ne " seen IN ne appearance Of the
prisoners. They all look healthy and
have the appearance of bstng well fed.
There 10 no lounglng around the yaris
In large groupa, either smoking. play
lng cords or idllng away htcir time.
but the buz OF machinery In heard In
every room. and the click OF the knit
ting machines. The sound Of the shoe
makers hammer. the tailor and other
occupations too numerous 10 mention.
show a change not only for good In the
prlaonera, but also making tho burden
% the taxpayer much lighter.
The kitchen II model % nsatneaa.
ana the bread would be welcome on any
table In the land. From the Laundry 10
the library everything ~ well stocked.
the latter with good books and papers,
also popular magazines, Al 90 20 show
that every care Il taken 20 Improve not
only the moral condition hut the mental
status % these unfortunate people.
Many pieces OF beautiful workman
khip wcr shown 20 ", but the necdlo
work quilt OF a rian who a few months
ago hardly knew enough 10 sew a hut-
ton on. was very me, The prisoners
are dlvided Into THREE classes. and their
aaHfsN IaA.aaIRa
phvileEeh, ana they arr not slow 70
see the advantages In this matter. The
NE of prisoner In this fnriltution IN
every feature Of u II calculated 10 make
him and honest and a better man, and
when compared with prison life In the
old world-f have teen an officer OF the
law for Heve..l years and have seen
thoHe institutions he Is In every
sense made 20 feel he IN a fclon and
treated on this silent and brutal Hys-
TEN but here In the Utah state prison
while the best OF discipline Ia kept the
criminal by care and kindness Is led 10
feel the necessity " leading a better
life when his term shall have expired.
am highly In favor u the system
adopted here. and the labor performed
here while not hard Is both beneficial
to tho STATE and tho inmates.
The farm also u a model one and il
also source OF revenue. Yes. sir. the
new system aud everything Ia and
around the State prison has "a reform-
atory object In View and the man who
has served term here and does not
come out heticr man Il because he
has lost every instinct u true man
hood Thanking the warden and his
officers We left the prison with nothing
but words " commendhtion.
SALOP.