Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-21
GRAND JURY HAS
PARTIAL REPORT
c.,dltions In County and City
Jails and at the lnfirmary
Are Commented Upon.
BINGHAM NEEDS A SEWER.
,,...crt Unsanitary Methods Are a
vcpacc 10 the Community Health,
Declare Jurymen.

,rs, snecial grand Jury made partial
.,rt TO Judge George q. Armstrong
.se criminal court room In the city
county building Saturday after
.- The report OF the jury has Go
a. ,itb county and city jails. prisons
ID ,,6rms-ses The conditions IN the
--,,,tv ian In this city and the city
t,u 1re reported as excellent thousn
.55ifional space Is recommended at lhe
county Jail that prisoners may nov
a. confined two in a cell Repairs 70
-. IN the appliances I'm the city jail
,leo recommended. The sanitary
5itions in Bingham canyon are
stronclv commented upon and the jury
s.,o,tnends that an underground sew
an svstem be installed In the mining
,,,rn al once. The report also recon-
r,onds better pay for the county OF
doors employed at the inirmary.
rhe report I'm full follows; ...-
eat LAX City. Utah. october ~ 1901
r, tba onorable George @. Armstrong
1r5ra OF the Third judicial district
~ he state Of Utah, salt Lake county.
Tre grand Jury impaneled for SAT-
TAX. county on October 2, 1907, makes
+bls martial report, the result OF itH m
..-,tgations into the condition and
nm salt Lake county, the county IN
Grnarv. and sanitary conditions IN
bingham canyon.
me Utah state prison. the Salt Lake
.ouuty ian and the salt Lake CITY jan
are I'm good condition. The manage
ment OF each is efficient. humane and
economical.
STATE PRISON WELL KEPT
49,. .--f.e,, g. ,,,odarv and very
we'll kent The health OF the prisoners
as shown by the hospital records, Is
much better than it would be with
many persons outside pursuing the or
binary vocations.
The salt Lake county jail is nearly
20 years old. but modern PLUMBING
has recently been installed, ana the
whole structure IS wei kept IL Is not
large enough for the present needs,
end another rotary should be added.
With the doubled capacity the jan
would not be too large.
The Salt Lake City Jail Is new and
modern. The inside OF the building
needs paint and some repairs to the
plumbing and other apparatus.
The prisoners at these three lnstl-
tutions make no complaint as 10 the
food they are furnished. and upon in
vestigation we find the meals are clean
and well suited 10 men closely comm
ed a large part Of the time.
PRISONERS SHOULD BE SEPAR-
ATE.
In the Salt Lake county and the
Salt Lake city jails each prisoner
should be placed in a separate cell II
this Is done less immortality VIII re-
suit from such confinement than nee
essarily follows when two men are con-
fined in the same cell. There is also
less opportunity for the exchange OF
information upon the subject OF crime
and the methods Of criminals. These
tails have too many occupants at this
time TO give each man separate cell,
but cell Ihould never be permitted
20 stand vacant while another cell has
two occupants The county and the
city should provide a sufficient num-
Der of cell at each place, so that this
plan can be carried out. The general
health Of the prisoners would be im-
proved and more good and less harm
full results would come from the en-
forcement Of the penal laws.
Tha quilts now IN use at these 1all'
should be Discarded and replaced viii
blankets. quilts cannot be washed anS
are more difficult to disinfect They
harbor vermin and retain filth. Blan
kets can be washed at regular inter
walls and can be easily disinfected.
MURRAY JAIL UNCLEAN.
The Murray city jail is the old count!
Jail al that point and is being used b.
the city while the new jail is beinl
built. II is not kept clean. The fac
that its use rs only temporary does mo-
excuse its present uncleanly condition
The Bingham town jail is a disgrac
10 any civilized community. II Is filthy
uuwholosome and filled with vermir
A human being should never be ne
ouired 10 enter, much less TO be con
fined therein. ~ a new jail Is TO b
built. the old one should not be use
during the period OF construction.
should De abandoned and destroyed a
once.
The Sandy county jail is old an
primitive, but BE- clean and well kept
Um8y not be the most secure place u
he county 10 Keep a hardened Grimm
AL hut IL IS well cared for and a
strong as the town requires.
At COUNTY INFlRMARY.
We have devoted considerable tim
% me county indrmary, talking wit
the Inmates and going through IN
books OF accounts. The WOmcns build
ing ls new. thoroughly clean, well ven
tlatal and homClike. The mems build
inc IS old and dark. II as clean an
wen kept. but should be replaced by
modern building The inmates are wei
clothed well cared for and wei fed