The Arizona sentinel., 1907-01-30
TERRITORIAL PRISON.
From the Governor r's Message.

to the Si uatiCn and condition Of the territorion prison at Yuma. It has been and still is recogniz- ed that very important improve ments are necessary to render the prison a fit one. There is little there in the way of con struction that comments itself little of that is good, and what there is is totally inadequate 10 the purposes of an institution of that kind.
 With the facilities at the dis posal of the superintendent the results attained by him in the administration of that institution have been highly creditable. The total cost of administration for the year ended
 June 30. 1906, was .S61 ,602. IS The average daily number of inmates during that year was be- tween 334 and 335.
 This denotes a costpe
 capita per day of ....S Q. 50397 There was received dur
 ing the year from
 proceeds of wood,-
 rock, dirt, etc., and
 from the United
 States on account of
 U. s. prisoners. ... 7,3f8. 73 Reducing the cost to-. 54, ,283. 43 Ora net per capita cost
 per day of O.4449 For the year ended
 June 30, 1905, the
 total cost was. ..... 54, 388.68 Average daily number
 of prisoners. .....-. 3l3.2ol Gross cost per capita
 nerdnv 0.47568 There appears to be an increase in cost of administration for 1906 over that of 1905. This in crease was largely due to the cost of repairs made necessary by the condition of the prison itself. This item of expense will increase even at a greater ratio each succeeding year until per manent .betterments are made.
 The last session of the legisla tlre authorized aa issue Of bonds for ste, eco for additional build mgs and equipment of tlre pris en: The legislature left tht matter practically to the discre ton of the Board of Control The board deemed it inexpedien to issue the bonds for severa reasons.
 1st. It involved asking Con gress to permit us to still furthe increase our territorial indebted cess, which is already beyon' the 1 per cent limit. As ] hay suggested elsewhere, this is ba' pollcy. Again, an eXpenditur of $4O,OOO, if it were necessary could be easily made by smal tax levy. Five cents year fo the two years would have creat ed even greater fund than S40, 600.
 2nd. The act limited the ez penditure for 'immovable prOE erty" to S4,O00. The board deem ed $4,O00 a sum wholly made euate to the proper Improvement of the prison. And it did nc seem to it that there was an necessity for or even propriet in an expenditure of $36,000 fo movable property"
 3rd. The title of the Territor to the land upon which the pri' on is located is conditional one The condition of our title is th maintenance of the prison upo that particular site. No one ca anticipate the eXigencies tn; might arise to make it who'll inexpedient to maintain publ institution at particular place and indeed the legislature of tf Territory cannot legally so hir it. But if a title is taken base Hpon such a condition, and thereafter good or even compe ling reasons suggest remova the Territory would lose all thi it might have invested in u construction of buildings and fl tnres upon the ground.
 1 invite your especial attentiC to the report of the supeFinten ent, not only to conditions as r ported, but to the recommend tions there made by him.