Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-12-19
OUTLINE PLAN FOR
new PtNITtNTIARY
A Description of the General Features
of the Proposed New Institution.

Governor Kibbey has received a
roughly drawn plan for the proposed
new territorial prison, the construc-
ton OF which is TO be undertaken early
next year. The plan is only an outline
made with a pencil by Architect frost.
as uansference to paper of certain
ideas of the governor, as To what the
general features of the institution
should be. 1t is only tentative, will,
probably be modified somewhat and
perhaps changed entirely. being merely
the first step in the process of that
evolution from which the final plans
will emerge. However it seems to be
very acceptable in a general way and
the details will be taken care of as
they are encountered in a further
study of il.
The plan calls for prison wall of
sufficient strength and height, sur
rounding a square each side of which
shall be 600 feet long. with a big tow
er at each OF the four corners. the
towers and wall TO be protected by
guards and guns. In the center of the
square will be a tower "a feet in diam
eter and sufficiently high to overlook
the entire enclosure. Around this
tower will be a circular area way or
prison yard OF suitable dimensions
With their hither ends abutting on the
outer line of this circular area-way.
will be eight buildings, known as cell
wings. These buildings will each be
4S feet wide by AS feet long. Four of
them will run in direct lines from the
observer in the central tower. to the
four walls surrounding the rectangu-
lar prison plant. The other four build
ings will run in equally direct lines
from the observer in the central tower,
TO the four corners of the rectangular
grounds. The reader may understand
more Nclearly by saying that if the
grounds be laid out squarely with the
points Of the compass, the first four
buildings named will run directly with
the four points of the compass and
the other four, which will alternate
with them will run to the northeast.
northwest. southeast and southwest
All buildings being of the same length
there would be considerable area in
the corners. still vacant. This will be
utilized in the construction of four
shop buildings. each the same width as
the prison wings and between so and
so feet long. on a line with the four
wings running toward The corners.
There will be iron fences between the
end of each building and the wall and
iron gates between the ends of each
buildings where the dividing avenues
front on the circular area way or
prison yard surrounding the tower
The guard in the tower can have ev-
cry spot on the grounds under his eye
at once by merely turning around
can look down each avenue between
the buildings without moving from his
post. Should trouble arise in any
avenue by seeing that the gate is lock-
ed it can be localized or maintained
within that single section of the
grounds
The eight prison wings being exactly
alike q description of one will answer
for all. From the area-way the door
opens into the jailor's room. Another
door in the center of the farther wall
Of this room opens into what is known
as the utility corridor. feet wide.
running clear through the center OF
the building TO the further end. Each
side of it and backing against it is a
row Of twenty-five cells, two tiers
high or fifty cells on each side, 100 I'm
the building. From the jailor's room