The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-10

desired. The meat used at the prison,
for instance, comes from Chicago once
a week in refrigerator cars. and is at
once transferred to a large cold-stor-
age room within the walls of the
prison. Every shipment received IL
carefully inspected before it's accept.
ance, and promptly returned if found
to be below standard or not in accord
ance with the specifications of the
contract.
storercom Management.
The storeroom at the state prison
is an object of interest to visitors It
is large. light room where supplies
are stored in such quantity that the
appearance of a wholesale house is
presented. 1t takes supplies in guam
tity to provide for the daily wants of
more than eight hundred men. The
storekeeper is held responsible for,
every article received by him, as
shown by the invoices on file in the
office of the chief clerk. At the end
OF each month the steward is required
to come before the board of control
with detailed account o: shrinkaga
and gain in supplies on hand, and at
the end of the year an invoice is made
by the chief clerk which must show
the presence of all supplies received.
after deducting those issued, as shown
by the requisition on file.
Changes Effected.
Under the regime beginning with
the administration of Governor Mount
corporal punishment has been done
away with. The strap and the paddle
ere no longer disciplinary measures
it is doubtful if they ever accomplish
ed more than the kindling of a spirit
of resentment in the victim Where
prisoners formerly slept in the clothes
worn through the day. they are nov
provided with nightshirts. Another
innovation is the issuance of a specia.
suit of clothes for Sunday wear
Where bathing was foremrly done in
tubs and often man after man in the
same water, shower baths are pro-
rided once 3 week or twice If desired
The lock-step was done away with by
Warden Harley. Stripes. the tradi.
tonal. badge of the "jailbird," have
been done away with. except as pun
ishment for infracuons of the rules
Three grades of uniforms have been
substituted. Every man on entering
Is placed in the second grade and
given q checked suit. II his conduct
warrants promotion he is given the
blue suit worn by men Of the first
grade. If he proves incorrigible, he is
reduced to the third grade and placed
In stripes. In the first grade there are
734 men, in the second "a. in the third
2. The men of the various grades are
separated in the diningroom and made
to feel the discredit that comes with
failure to observe discipline Under
the new regime the whitewash has
been scraped from the walls of the
cells and paint substituted, with ex-
cellent effect. A system of ventilation
has been installed which makes sleep
ing in the cells far more comfortable
and sanitary than under the old con-
ditions. Appliances for the removal
of dust in the shops where convict Ia
Dor is employed have been installed
until they are to be classified with
model factories from sanitary stand
point. The library has been greatly
improved, streets, cement floors,
walks and sewers constructed, mod
ern Steam plant installed, and the
kitchen doubled in size. In fact, al
most complete transformation has
been brought about in the past seven
years in the state prison. In the hos
pital quarters are now being fitted up
for the criminal insane, where they
will he frootod as natients nv a sur-