Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-12-11
WEST VIRGINIA
PENITENTIARY
AT MOUNDSVILLE
Statistical and General Information
About the Institution-..Some
Facts and Figures Compiled by
the Warden for the West Vir'
einia Press Association.

The walls. adrninistr alton build
ing, and part of the cell blocks
of the West Virginia Pentitentary
were completed In 1870, at which
time the prison population num-
bered about I25.
The total population now Is e63,
of whom 4o7 are white, and $50
are colored. The State prisoners
numbers 5s1, of whom 374 are
white, and 2o7 are coiored' Wash
ington City, (ncluding all Of the
entire District of Coiumbia) sends
all of her prisoners sentenced, to
the Penitentiary, here, and they
now number 344 OF whom 1o1 are
white, and 233 are eolored.
The Federal prisoners from
Virginia and West Virginia are
also sent here, and they number
from Virginia IS white, and S
colored, from West Virginia ~
white and s colored.
There are 36 women In the
institution, 8 of whom are white,
and 2S are colored. Seventeen OF
the women are from the District of
Columbia. Eight of the r9 women
from our State are white, and II
are colored.
Fayette County leads IN Prison
population, furnishing no prison.
ers or 1e per cent of the entire
number of State prisoners. Nc
Dowell has 60, Cabell, furnishes a.,
Mingo 80, Kanawha 81, Wood 80
Marion Fl, and Ohio 20. bod
dridge, Grant, Hancock, Morgan,
Pleasant and Roane Counties
have no prisoners here, while
Brooke, Gilmer, Jackson, Nicholas
Pendletou, Raleigh and Upshur
have one each. There are 76 life
prisoners, OF whom "a are white,
and az are colored. Two life time
prisoners are women. One life
prisoners has been here over ID
years and has never been reborted,
and has never been sick a day.
Five men are under the sentence
OF death, and eight have been ex-
ecuted since October 10th, 1899 at
which time the law went into effect,
requiring their execution here.
Three were executed from October
10th, to December 18th, 1899, and
five from March to June 18th, 1902.
Four thousand three hundred and
seventy.two State prisoners,and q51
United States prisoners have been
confined here since the penitentiary
was established.
The following quantities Of food
when used are required for meal:
700 pounds of fresh beef, 400
pounds of fresh pork, 800 pounds
of bacon, 800 pounds OF bologna,
5000 green onions, $50 pounds OF
navy beans, $50 pounds of prunes.
Four and one-half barrels of -four,
20 gallons of syrup and IS pounds
of coffee are used daily.
The average expense for feeding
the prisoners Is 10 cents per man
per day. Ohio costs I9 cents and
Illinois IA cents, Pennsylvania II
cents per man per day.
The State spends $I65, 900, 900 a
year to send her convicts here, but
does not spend dollar for main.
tanning them here, not even for per-
manent improvements. They are
fed, clothed, guarded, schooled,fur
nished with comfortable and dur
able clothing when discharged,
ticket bought ifor them to their own
homes and a small sum of money
paid to them, all by the Institution
from Its own earnings.
Six hun ired and thirty six pris
o1ers are It work for the contrac,-
ors In the shops and they earn the
Institution about $3.50, 90 per day.
The board of United States pris
oners amounts to about $1,000
per day, the two amounting to
$3.50, 900 per year. These two
items are the sole resources for
maintenance and permanent Inn
provemsnts and are necessarily In
adequate.
The Allegheny prison with e.
prisoners cost $25o,ooo per ye
Ohio's 1850 prisoners cost $50
e35 per year. Michigan's 76I c
$I27,SeS per year. Colorado's