Evening journal., 1901-06-12
PRISONERS IDLE
DAYS ARE OVER
WOrkhOuSe Nearly Ready to.
Receive Criminals
TO HAVE NEW POST and PILLORY
Will be Located in Small Yard Ad-
Joining Power House Building
Described

Although Delaware is TO have new
criminal reformatory, thieves and bur
glars who may find their way there win
not escape the post and the pillory. Trus-
tees Of the New Castle County Work
house decided yesterday afternoon to
build new agency OF corporal punish
mont adjoining the institution.
There win be reform I'm the admlnistra-
tion Of the punishment In that the fog
ging win not be IN an enclosure which
Will admit large crowd Of the morbidly
curious. II was the desire of the trustees
that the whipping be done IN private, but
as the law specifies that it shall be done
publicly, the trustees could choose no all
tentative The punishment win be inflicted
In small yard adjoining the powerhouse.
The yard is connected with the work
house by tunnel s2.5 feet long. and
through this the prisoners will be taken
to be punished. and after the punishment
has been inflicted they viii be returned in
the same way This win prevent the crowd
seeing the prisoner until he emerges from
the tunnel and is placed at the post.
The post will be located against a stone
column in the wall and will be some dis
tance from the pillory. The latter will be
ina one corner of the small yard and will
be covered by q shed 20 protect the pris-
oner from the weather while he is stand
ing there. The two walls also viii shield
him from the cold.
The trustees did not decide on the kind
of employment to be given the prisoners
of the new institution. This detail prob
ably will be fixed at the next meeting
OF
house has led many people TO believe that
it would be an easy matter for profess
slonal criminal to make his escape from
the place, but after an inspection of the
interior OF the building it is seen that es-
cape from the structure is well nigh i'm.
possible.
Each cell in the building Is a steel cage
outside of which is the guards corridor
Here armed watchmen viii patrol overl
minute .ef the day. .Adiainina tlc guards
corridor is another steel frame work. ant
beyond IL the workhouse walls with theii
steel-barred windows. For q man 70 es.
cape he would necessarily have TO cut his
way through three walls of steel and
finally through the wall of the building. q
task which is impossible OF accomplish.
ment in the presence of the armed guards
The building Is a model reformatory Al
the right ON entering are the office Of IN,
warden, q reception room, and back OF
this q room where prisoners will b,
brought to see friends who call Thi.
room Is divided by screens about "a foot
apart. The prisoner IS behind one screer
and the person who desires TO convers,
with him IS behind the other. Betweer
them are the two screens and foot oI
space. The object Of this is 10 prevent
anything being handed TO the prisoner.
TO the left of the entrance Is the hom,
of the chief warden. IL is connected witt
the workhouse proper by ono door, which
Is of steel and will be kept locked. In The
centre of tho building Us the asscmbl,
room, which Will be used for holding ser
vices and for assembling the prisoner
whenever necessary. The cells for womoi
are on the second and third floors or tier
and open from gallery around this as
scmhly room. When services are hold th,
men prisoners win be seated on the frs
floor and the women around the gallery
AT no other time will they see on,
another.
Bath rooms are provided for the moi
prisoners, and sixteen Of them may taxi
a shower bath at a time. Rooms also ar
provided for the guards There are hos
pital rooms for the men.