The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-15

sanitation Is generally Of Tho primitive
sort. King William, Nansemond and
Scott report connection with a sewer.
Several we may infer have the same, 9th
ers report a bad state OF sanitation. Ten
report hydrant in each cell; two q hy-
drant In each hall. Twelve report a bath
tub for ALL only five report a bath tub
for each sex.
Two report the presence q Of child
criminal. Twenty-Five jails report that
they have no criminals at this time.
! Twenty jailst have sixty-one white
male inmates, five have seven white fe-
nale inmates. Thirty-one jalls have one
hundred and nineteen colored male in
mates. six have fourteen coored female
inmates. six have ten inmates under SIX
teen years OF age.
Fourteen jails have separate apart
ments for child criminals, flfty-four have
separate apartments for the insane. In
all the jails heard from there are two
white insane, no colored insane; two col
ored epileptics and four colored idiots
Forty report that the sick are we'll
provided for. Essex, Grayson, Halifax.
and Russell say, that the sick are not
well cared for. Eleven say that they
are cared for fairly well and six do not
answer the question.
F Physicians are generally called In when
they are needed. Some jails arc visited
by g. physician every day. some weekly.
one monthly, some regularly and three
mako no report. 5b,
The percentage OF inmates who owe
their detention to lntoXication is inter-
esting. Henrco says 10 to. 10 per cent:
Shenandoah, IS per cent; Nelson, Is per
cent; Halifax. FauGuler and Snyth. so
per cent; Rockingham, 60 per cent; High
land, 60 to 20 per cent; Alexandria ana
Bath. Is por cent; Grayson. 50 per cent:
Scott 80 per cent; Patrick, 95 per cent;
Gloucester ana Warren. LOO per cent; or
cvery criminal incarcerated.
Several counties report great dlminu-
ton of the percentage caused by pro-
hibition and other preventive laws and
In one county they have emptied :he jail.
Only twelve of tho jails report any re-
creation provided for the inmates. A few
give them employment and one punish-
es for neglect of duty. Tho jails have
only small lots attached to them
AS a rule they arc not visited by the
representatives OF benevolent societies,
religious services are rarely held and
no literature is given or sent to the in
mates. 75,
HDNRICO AGAIN,
Tho clerk Of HcnrIco county has laid
us under further obligation by the follow
Ing excellent report Of the tnll:
Erected in 1892 and built OF brick. stone
and iron; is iron cells and four large
fees, 2 persons to n cell. ~ AS a rule ar
angements for sleeping, good comfort
able beds The sexes are kept In sop
amte departments. Capacity Of the In
stitution about 70 by crowding. Not
crowded at this time. Heated by steam.
Lighted by electricity, There Is a hydrant
In the jail and modern closets in each
cell There Is a bath tub on each floor
Number of inmates white, 6; no white
females Number of Inmates, coored,
70 male. female under sixteen years
Of age, none, Children criminals not kent
IN separate departments (not separately
The insane are kept In separate depart-
ments, Number of white insane. 2. No
colored insane. One being insane. Is m
epileptics (white) No idiots re sick
are we'll provided for. q physlcian Visits
the institution daily, Percentage owing
their detention to Iintoxication at least
one-half Inspected by the physician and
frequently by the Board Of Supervisors.
Religious services are held every Sunday.
literature Ia now and then sent to tho
institution, The jail Is q new structure
having been erected ten years ago and
some five years ago the Board OF eu-
pesyisors erected adjoining It q large
yard In which the prisoners are allowed
exercise, and the advantages of Light and
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