Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-24
RULES FOR THE COUNTY JAIL
Code Adopted by Judges Does Not Include
w Feeding Of Prisoners
COMES UP TO-DAY BEFORE THE BOARD
Court Imposes on sheriH Cost of
.Furnishins and Msintsinins the
~ Occupants of his
.tA '-' Bastfle.

s Rule 20 Of the set adopted and signed
by the Judges Of the district court Tues
day afternoon will furnish the basis for
argument before the county commissioners
this morning. This rule reads:
Rule 2O.--It shall be the duty OF the
sheriff to provide the necessary bed cloth
ing. washing, nursing board, prison CARP
towels. soap, combs and such other arti-
Giles consumed lin the JaiD as may be
required 10 carry out these rules and not
otherwise specially provided for; and for
such articles furnished and services per-
formed he shall receive such compensation
as may be prescribed by the county COM
missloners, as provided In section II, chap
ter XVII Complied Statutes 1905.
The sheriff. Il is provided in another part
of the rules, is to furnish shoes when neces-
sary for prisoners without means IL they
have been .incarcerated for not less than
thirty days.
The articles mot otherwise specially pro-
vidod for which are used I'm the Jail and
mentioned in the rules are Bed frames
and mattresses or hammocks. night buckets
water tubs and basins.
y Cost of Feeding Prisoners.
Pending before the county commission
ers for action today is the Brunlng resolu-
ton. so-caIled, providing for paying the
sheriff a fat 30 cents per prisoner per day,
Instead of IS cents. as at present. me
resolution makes no mention OF anything
g but meals, so that the payment for other
purchases made necessary under the rules
must he provided for separately, II the
resolution is adopted as 1t stands
.f4 Chairman Bruning and some others OF
the commissioners say the new rules make
no change that will affect the pending
question.
Tho rules. as at first signed by all but
one Judge. had the following provision:
II shall be the duty OF The county com.
rnissioners to provide, at the expense OF
the county; al nSSess oni and enforcine
When nc came to sign Judge Estelle di-
rected attention to the section OF the
+, statute mentioned above, and after con-
sideration the other six judges signed the
new form.
synopsis of the Rules.
Following is synopsis of the rules other
than that relative to purchases:
Taller TO examine and report to sheriff al
least once a week on condition OF jail and
its inmates.
Pc Prisoners, male and female, to be CLASH
fed. Women to be kept entirely separate
from men, prostitutes separate from the
young and from all others so far as prac'
ticable; the young and those in for minol
offenses separate from old offenders and
offenses. Those convicted of crime mus
be kept apart to the greatest possible ex
tent from persons merely charged with of
lenses. Lunatics and idiots in no case te
he confined with other prisoners, and they
must be kept apart from each other an'
the harmless from the dangerous.
On commitment all prisoners are to b
'bathed. combed and disinfected; thos'
- having contagious or loathsome disease!
must be kept to themselves. Prisoner
iAmust wash and comb their hair before eacl
meal and must battle and change the
clothing at least once a week. Men are Il
be .siyeBi overalIs and jumpers and womer
q wrapper to wear while .ncarcerated
Hours for rising In the morning: May Il
September. n. m; September TO Novem
Der. $780, November to March, Il March t.
May, $3.50. Prisoners must care for bed
and bedding and the mending of the latter
also do the scrubbing OF cells and cages a
least once a week. and the walls are to b
whitewashed or painted at least once
year. Linen and cotton bed clothing to b
washed once q week. all others once
month or oftener and body clothing ono
week.
Bibles and Fresh Air.
The jailer must see that ventilation I
provided and he also must keep on ham
enough Bibles to furnish one to each pris
oner; papers, magazines and pamphlet
are also allowed as they may be contrib
uted or bought. but no immoral hteratur
of any kind Is TO be allowed to circulate
Liquors and drugs are barred, and med
cines or decacies for the sick are to b