The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-28
More Money Required.

the penitentiafy, said Warden Pratt.
while the water was shut off before no
acres of valuable land Threatened because
of lack of irrigation and go prisoners were
unable to wash or even drink.
Warden Pratt asks that a special COM
mittee be appointed by the coming legis-
lature to investigate this matter and rec
ommends that SO, 475 be appropriated to
pipe line between the buildings and the
tank TO the mouth of Parley's creek. The
city engineers have surveyed line par
allel to the city conduit and this amount
is the exact estimate submitted. With an
| independent water supply the danger of
further trouble would be eliminated
Warden Pratt also asks that the main
tenance appropriation for the next two
years be raised TO S0,os9. TO meet the eX-
pected increase in expenses resulting from
an increase in the institutions population.
He asks that 500 be appropriated for
new and enlarged bath house and 1.joD
for a womans department. In discussing
the necessity of the latter Warden Pratt
explains that while but two females are
serving sentences. separate quarters are
needed. Appropriations TO be asked for
from the next legislature represent an ex-
pendture of $4,000. inclusive of every
thing except the erection of the new cell
house.
Some Interesting Figures.
Interesting figures contained in the re-
port show that Salt Lake county contrib
uted 81 prisoners to the penitentiary dur
| ing the past two years: Weber, %; Davis
and Utah counties, apiece. and others
and , each. Counties contributing l pris-
! oner each were: Box Elder. Cache, Car
Bon tron Jgab Kane 4aoeie Mlard Pi1te
satch and Wayne. Emery, Grand. Nor
gan and San Juan sent 2 each. The
! United States contributed and are now
on their way to the buildings ON the
| bench.
The terms being served Dec. /. 1896, are
shown i'm the following statement:
Seven prisoners, over SIX months ard
| less than one year: 4S prisoners, over l
year and less than three years; 80 pris-
oncrs. over three years and less than five
years; - prisoners over five wears and
| less than ten years; SO prisoners, over ten
Oners. over twenty years and less than
/ thirty years; l prisoner. over thirty years
! and less than forty years; prisoners,
/ over forty years.
/ Eight prisoners are serving life SELL
| fences There is no one in Death row.
at the present time. During the past TWO
years but seven cases were treated in the
hospital; one of these was a prisoner
| struck over the head by another convict
and the other was a prisoner who broke
/ his leg while wrestling. One death mas oe=
CURED, that of the prisoner injured by an
| ether. This report is unusual and SHOWS
| the condition of the cOnvicts-
Warden Pratt believes that man de.
pTived of freedom is sufficiently punished
J
| heaped upon him behind the bars In ae-
cordance with this humane belief conviets
are divided into three ranks, first, second
and third. Every man starts his sentence
/ as a second class man and as such does
not wear stripes. He reaches the first
| grade by good behavior. but disobedience
| brings him into the third class and ne
| loses the privileges granted others. The
| lock-step has been abolisked cells are
fitted with comfortable beds and are SAM
/ tary in every detail.
! Careful study and years of experience
has made Warden Pratt a broad minded
| and tip-top prison superintendent. Two
| instructions occurred during the past TIVE
! years. Both We're Squelched within q few
DAYS and the ringleadeFs punished. But
one attempt to escape has been made
within the past three years. trusty
fled from his post on the farm, but was
regretting his foolish action behind the
bars three hours later. In every para
graph the report is credit to the state
and those in charge of its penit entiary.