Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-04-12


being lS4 prisoners ana only iS2 cells
WHICH, III the ii'n''oo 'ut'' 'e's IN which
thcy are contncd' cannot ne othcr thah
very prcJudlcial 10 inc health, com
Tort discipline ana morality of those
VINO arc mus con'nV"' we recommend
mat the west "in6 DC EXTENDED TO inc
west mat the roou' '"uS p'oV'uco' a'So
part oil the no" ""o.cupicn space pc
tween inc ceiis anu Wv suaru roo''. J."
said west Wing pe ut'iiHed tor addl-
tiohai cehS, anu ,"", III SIZE san''arF
conditions ana an ot"cr respects inc
"'"7' i''ou''" i","' w "u'p.'"
1t also seems ~ VS. 'n't 'he cioth''s
or inc prisoner" "'ie", pe 'IhproVcu' dS
AT present thcF ''o ''o'"cu p"th sum
hicr ana "'h''' ~ '''t VI "''NS
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'ho 'hat at many '.o ~ isone t.'s
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s,t.,i,,,taa Wo ana thot this hns
been done at the Charlestown State
prison in Massachusetts and at the
Rhode Island state prison at Grams
ton and, as we are informed. with
mend that the prison uniform at Wind
sor be changed to solid gray.
We also found from our investiga-
tions, that the prisoners at the Rhode
Island State prison, the Connecticut
state prison and the Concord, Mass
Rcformatory take their meals in one
common dining room. and that at the
Rhode Island state prison they are
permitted to converse during the
meals. We are also informed by those
in charge that this privilege Is not
abused and Is conducive of good re-
suits, and therefore recommend its
practice at windsor when suitable
provision can he made TO so feed the
prisoners. The House of Correction at
Rutland now uses a common dining
room.
We find the prisoners at Windsor
under good discipline, treated humane
~ anu So" 5 ''''''''''
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fKlSoN PUNISH NlENl'
We find that the usual method FOR
punishment OF convicts for violation
Of prison rules has been confinement
in the dark cells, bread and water being
| and no bed or furnishings of any kind,
| except bucket provided. We find cor
| poral punishment to have been very
infrequently resorted to during Super
| intendent Oakes's administration, but
were lately informed by Superintendent
| Lowell that he had in large measure
| substituted this form of punishment
| FOR confinement III the dark cells
| whlch we conSIder step backward
ana condemn we recommend that inc
! dark cells be provided with sleeping
boards elevated at one ohd ana blah-
ket' as Is the custom III olher Ilkc IN
| s'ltuuonS' t'dt '"'PoI" punishment pc
ihn'ct'd ohI3 III me cases, ana
that the prison directors give inns mat
Ter 'heir most '''eluI attention. J."
| oruer 'hat no ABUSES may creep IN III
inns respect
| BATHING OF PRISONERS.
| We find that prisoners arc required
| 10 buthc at regular intervals the show
| or bath being used and given to soy
| cral at the same tins. ana that when
under the snrjnlllrr thcv are reouircd
to stand in nude condition in each
others presence" We h'ncNc TINS GUS
tom t'hds TO oesf'do INC men ana les
sen the'r scil-r'Spcct ana recommend
mat poothS ne i'"Flutu III "hich the
prisoners can take tHc'' pdths IN prl-
Nate' HIS custom" u u7lhS oooths pre-
N"'ls III other prisons visited py us
u"u 10 h'sh'S c""'f@""ed oy the Oh
i''''''' .
nus LES
We lima prevailing at the prison a
| practice of employing outside the pri-
! son walls prisoners who are designated
as TRUSTEES We also find that this
! custom prevails IN the different penal
| institutions visited, such employment
resulting in a great saving TO the state,
and that, outside of Vermont, where
prison labor is used outside of the pr-
| son walls, the same is authorized by
law. AS Vermont has no statute per-
hitting the use OF prison labor in this
manner. and as the right or authority
| of the superintendent to so use labor
is seriously questioned we recommend
! the enactment of a law permitting suCl
| labor to be so used at the discretion OF
| the superintendent
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