New-York tribune., 1903-06-28

I suppose, and pretty picture. She was
brought here petty larceny charge Some
Of her mistresss jewelry had disappeared. and she
the only that could be suspected She
was crying when the constable brought her, pro-
testing her Innocence and terrified at the pros
poets Of Jail. There was no one to go her bail and
I had to hold her for trial did not want to
lock her up and put her in a room in my own
house, but she tried to escape. There was nothing
left but the cell we keep for woman prisoners.
The next day a woman from neighooring
town sentenced to thirty days in jail for
keeping a disorderly house. There was no place
to put her but the cell IN which the young servant
was confined. They made friends, Of course. and
what the younger did not learn from the
older is not In the book CT female crime. The
girl was released for lack Of evidence about the
time the older worlan's time was up
The sequel shows the harul-to give It more
properly harder word, the wrong-the crime Of
not classifying prisoners. In three months the
degraded woman and the young girl were back IN
my charge; both under sentence this time, the
one for keeping. the other for living in dis
orderly house. The young girl is forever ruined
and promises to be even hardened criminal
than her teacher, and the county jail system is re-
sponsibe."
The turnkey Of another jail showed reporter
the honor list score Of names roughly carved
on the wooden wall Of the jail pen. on which the
cells opened It was of the tails where the
male prisoners all confined together No one
had the right to his name in the list unless
he had committed crime which carried a peni-
tertiary sentence conviction. The list was
headed by kid" Flynn, Of Philadelphia. who spent
Tie winter in card playing, mover reading comfort
in this Jail, owing TO the theft OF quart OF
wtiskey. The last was freshly carved and
belonged to the worst prisoner then in jail He
ss stocky sIrly Hebrew, and he was charged
u, 3 burglary He was the hero of the pen, and
the turnkey quite certain he was holding
daily classes In crime. while the stories he told
were than any ever before heard In the
county.
OF fail system which has been success in sew
eral European countries Short term prisoners
and offenders awaiting trial are kept each by HIM
self in a Is by z foot light, airy cell. They have
sufficient work to occupy their time and take up
their attention, and also have one hours exercise
IN the open air each day. They not allowed
TO speak to each other. and in some institutions
prisoners wear masks in order that they may not
be known to each other after their discharge.
A great problem which the State has yet to solve
is the employment of prisoners in the jails Some
counties have found employment for them in the
summer months, when the prison population Is at
a minimum, but during the cold months. when the
number Of prisoners is larger. fdleness generally
prevails
In Broome- jefferson. St. Lawrence and Tioga
counties the prisoners are employed in road making
and breaking stone. In Chemung, Niagara. On
tario. Orange. Schenectady. Steuber and Suffolk
they break stone in pleasant weather. In Cayuga
County they make sign boards for the country
roads and city streets. and DO general work about
the county property. Some road making is done
in Oneida and Tompkins counties and in Richmond
the county has small farm on which the prisoners
raise their vegetables New-York County prison.
ers who 90 to the workhouse variously en-
ployed. and those in Kings and Queens counties
are often worked In the streets.
In the other counties work worthy of the
name is being done. The prisoners keep the jails
clean and the grounds in order but there is hardly
enough Of that TO give them exercise. Thus. in
only seventeen counties out of sixty-one is there
obser vance Of the law which reads:
Such a keeper shall cause each prisoner COM
rnitted his jail for imprisonment under sentence
to be constantly employed at hard labor. when
practicable, during every day except Sunday, and
the Board Of Supervisors or Judge Of the county
may prescribe the kind Of labor at which such
The counties which are working prisoners do not
expect TO get money profit from their work II
first place it is according to the law Then it Is
OF ne roads have We been made by jail aSor and in
St Lawrence County several substantial build
The sueysOEs 0f Oneida County rel;ently 1;. took *
so58 to Df o the Ea city aoa o ea to e
Of Paris Forty from the county jails at Utica
large M barracks1wss erected at point convenient to
4e ns8 Tk m 1t s is brba a9s we fence nd gded
by one guard for each eight prisoners. This num-
The jail prisoners work eight hours day. They
wear no uniform and do not carry ball and chain.
fact one driving by could detect difference be-
3 5a do s as Eood aRo Work pad
Sheriff says. and we have no trouble keeping them
The Sherif Of Broorne County works his prison On
ers at stone breaking and says: The health Of the
in deness they sleep better eat better and
Of al the old anv timers ofh fe T Of Era 70 pays the
extra guard who is stationed ever the sto9eyarG; d
Tioga County the towns pay the cost Of having
roadnaking prisoners brought to them Stepoen
Work The broken stone is sold to the city Of Bath
but the s5oasySTq erecf gain to the County as
The number of prisoners is smaller than 1t was be-
foIS T teI cs Hsfe eiieVes thai he has solution of
problen of work for county JAN prisoners He saId
IN Adpa5nS 1n nav been found 10 afford healthful
and 1aeasonaby profitable employment for of
are Of shirting toweliing oed ticking and the IKE
TO % DO satsfactoy woT these Icons and 70 @ tqT9
out products OF 11aTketa0e d 9o1,y Tt,, ne nacine
has also furnished work for several prisoners ILe
C ,s W lake their own handloorns, and will II De
sired make them for the 1aiis al very rea5o1pe @ 5
pnS Tar required for these industries The aims
house the -oorasteEs a1o 6 Ins 2S S i IS Tke7v az
.. - e P1esrIEe1 for al that viii be produced In
most Of me "a jas s,cb cfSt looms The work could be
carried on the year rouLo ana lLnpiiS'ni' "'1u
cease 9 e 70 pe least feTesng feature Of the jail prob
leIn 5s tf Revolution and several Of them have
been used as jails continuously for more than n n
bTndreS years The Oldest jail in the State IS tnat
IF FlIlfon County, at Iohnstown II was con
str,lcted In I772 and used before and DURING the
paH-c11tion as q prison and fort. IL Is built or
stone with walls three or four feet thick Plans
feDs inst beeu approved for altering the entire In
t.s-{Sr' If this ancient prison house and placing
rI155erL ureprcof construction within the Old Wss
ncevr in point OF age is the Greene County jail.
IN me village Of Catski This jail celebrated its
hurdredth anniversary several years ago III con-
sjsfa of four rooms, two the nrst floor and TWO
or The second constituting tire right hand side or