Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-12-29
AN OPENED LETTER FROM PRIS.
ONERS OF OAHU JAIL.

| AN OPENED LETTER FROM PRIS'
ONERS OF OAHU JAIL.
Mr.. Editor, Dear sir:-If I have
found grace from you then is all right.
II is said that Oahu Jail is going well
at everything among the prisoners. II
Is not true. may give you briefly
information as follows:
| There are four grand divisions OF
prisoners among us AS well as we now
known. ca Prisoners are taken charg.
cd the store Room, Hospital and feed.
ing others prisoners cooks and their
chief. This is the First class. :.
| 2. Prisoners who taken charged OF
Stables. they have second class food.
The first and second class prisoners
they have good coffee mixed with su.
gar.
g.. Prisoners who took charged the
little gardens and do several work AZ
shoemaker, sewing clothes, and 9th
ers.
4. Prisoners who work out as Ma
kiki Gand. Kamoiliili Gand, Normal
School Gand and Waikiki Gand. The
Third and Fourth Divisions they have
poorest food and meat. they drank
their teas both morning and evening
without sugar. The chief cook has an
Information from the Deputy Jailcr
tMr. Burke). II he treats the prison.
ers less expenses the same would be
pardonGd In two years; therefore
Chicf.cook las We called carefully
looked over the crumbs thrown in the
barrels for pigs by prisoners be care
fully taken back in kitchen to make
n hash And be given to prisoners OF
third and fourth division as their best
meat instead of given salmon, at every
morning and go to work.
Oh, How poor they are??
The big gand of Makiki has 80 aud
sometimes As Is given small rice, poi
bread and meat (becD. Thew worked
In morning there and drank their tea
without sugar Is likewise as others
gands (Kamoiliili, Normal Shoot. and
Waikiki.
again tell you for the Chief cook,
his name Is Mr.. Lindell he was sen.
fenced of five years. he Is the big man
In yard while the promise has given ia
him he tried to cut bread. meat and
tea, by reason of less expense for
honour Of his boss Mr.. Burke deputy
Jailcr). We will drink tea without
sugar he was appointed as chief cook.
Oour tea.kettlc is "a Copper pot, he
boiled the tea and we drank out oi
for another day mixed with new
little stuff so we will drink next time
the reamain'ng tea q whole week: In
so doing We a. l"O':en down, weak
feeble and sickly. Mr.. Barney Is an
other big man In yard. he has a charge
as well as others of us, but he has a
rich food SO Boyd Oahu .Jsil has new
er take care good and sympathy with
sick prisoners. except very few. II
o kanaka prisoner asked for sick. the
Deputy Jailer asks Boyd a few words
and the same be sent out to hard Ia
Dor In the heat of sun and the cold OF
wind and rain. We get sick In working
ground and cannot do as "A strong
or faithful man while he serve out his
sentence, when he returned was re
ported to Mr., Burke by Lunas and be
!, put In dark.cell on account of work
ing weakly out the working.ground.
Poor Prisoner. The crumbs which
prisoners thrown In pigs barrels ar,
sold for nine dollars month. ant
empty bags Of sugar also: that money
We do not know where they gone.
suppose that money belongs to us. W,
bought sugar from the money we KEEP
In Office since we came In to serve
out our sentences. Some prisoners
who lack of money he held up his cul
of tea without sugar In his hand, look
ed in, looked round. and with "A de
SPARED looking he swallowed up
Some prisoners they have expense 81
or $50 month for sugar and cigar
cites on account Of pity to other pris
] oners who have none such as allow
stated
The turnkey has no authority owe
the kitchen, but he also gave an oi
der how to give and pass out our foo
from there. II some ones wanted 4
exchange his meal to other, the turn
key robs and takes away from tina
man leaving him starve. We hav
supplies with bones instead of salmO
some days ago and he deputy Jailer
commanded us to eat what had bee
given during that time as we marche
up In ONCE TO tell him that the bone
IN our plates W cannot eat thereof
some of rs they threw their best mea
(bones) in pigs barrels, aud silent 1