New-York tribune., 1907-01-28
Continuing. the report says:

Continuing, the report says:
For the first time in the history Of our state prs-
ois , ht' comprehensive and adequate school sys-
@ tein was established I'm them in November 1896 At
eaGh Gh prison a sufficient number of light and suit
I. ue sonGGis9oms Sc was provided and a head teacher
;sao,s nsdseu 10 supervise and instruct the convict
ts5achers IN their duties. The schools are for the
ton but stiT deficient in the TmGimentsry
branches and for foY eigners who cannot speak Eng
hour and half every day excspt Sundays and
aDioays: @ Ihe progress made by these adult schol
aIs Is remarkable. In cases the rapid ad-
Tances made in educational development shown by
csdi6is s fiaoOl records and exhibits seem almost in
The total shipments or products OF the prison
me increase In industrial assets $I37 los 50 In
2 1s 2Tssi0"S & year the value of the shipments was
Apparently the industrial departments have come
OF OF pFoGncton are approximately the same each
liucaI divisions thereof for the commodities made
IN the state prisons IS substantially the each
The i productive examination nov comprises TWEEN
ment for 1884 prisoners The diversity, i'm The lines
OF OF manufacture enables the department 10 supply
Interference with outside industries and to furnish
oTs nee5s a CS1e iiIstrnction suited to the Vari-
Inc superintendent Is satisfied that the reforma-
much greater than that OF the definite sentence
record In the nrison me e. prisoner S must make good
paroie snt e havlng secured parole. he is stu sub;
take friendly interest In him and 10 tS adxise and
go wrong, parole officer is sent to admonish him
and as he likes he KNOWS that an he must 20 co so
Duct himself properly or he Will be returned
Thus he is forced by these conditions. which are
mutual agreement between him and the state.
q industry and az vss fss 70 %hG If eea6
followed during his term Of probation become set
tied and permanent in the majority OF cases. and
are continued from choice after his discharge is
granted.
The superintendent calls attention 10 the fact
that by ruling of the preserft Attorney General
certain prisoners whom IL planned 70 give the
benefit Of the privilege Of parole were deprived OF
it, and recommends legislation 20 remedy this
In regard TO life sentences the report says:
OF the 2o2 life prisoners who were I'm custody at
some time between 1870 and 1890 there were It the
close of the year 1905 60 still in confinement but is
charged and 7s had died. Less than IL per cent of
the l42 convicts whose cases had been disposed Of
years and but one served more than ~ Years
OF the 2o2 prisoners considered in the tables So or
IS. or Sc per cent had served less than 10 years
II appears from these statistics that but six life
twenty years. 1t is probable, however. IL IL Is
provided by law that such men may by good con-
duct earn parole after twenty years service. less
number viii be pardoned. and. having the prospect
OF release 10 sustain them. fewer will die
II should be understood that this recommended
tiOn does not apply to prisoners who are convicted
Imprisonment IS a penalty substituted for the orig
insl sentence Of death 1t is intended 20 apply
in the second degree
Superintendent Collins hopes that the Legislature
will by suitable appropriation enable him 70
Danish striped suits from the prisons early in the
next fiscal year
In closing. he discusses briefly institutions other
These include the Matteawan State Hospital. Dan
nemora State Tiosp::a!. eilo Eastern New York Re-
formarory and the State Prison for Women. The
total expenditures for these Se79 03I 10.