Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-20
CAPACITY OF 72 PRISONERS
SANITARY CONDITIONS WE'LL TAKEN CARE or AND SHOWER
 BATHS PROVIDED.

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 If the plans of the Pauly Jail com pany are carried out, Gila county will have one of the most complete deten. ton institutes in the territory. Tie plans do not call for pretentious build ing, but they do call for jail that will keep prisoner where ke is want ed, with no fear of his escape. In drawing up the plans, the Pauly people have worked on the idea that Gila county has $iS,000 of the bond is- sue of $25,000 to spend in building q jail and their plans call for as complete a building as can be erected for that amount of money.
 The building will cover nearly all of the lot just east of the courthouse, ac- cording to the plans.
 On the first floor are the offices of the sheriff and jailer, with a private office for the former and also a large reception room for the public.
 These rooms will occupy the front of the building. To the rear are a part of the cells. Within reinforced cor ridor are six cells, capable of accommo- dating six prisoners each. The cells face corridor, which is guarded by two doors at then entrance. A third door leads to the guard s corridor and a fourth door prevents egress from this room. When prisoner is locked in his cell, he must pass through five doors before he can reach the outside.
 On the second floor are two more cells, of the same type as those on the lower floor, with provisions for two more, giving the jail capacity of sew enty-two in the main cell department.
 On the second floor is also a woman s department, containing three cells. A set of two cells may be used for juvenile prisoners and padded cell of approved construction is provided for insane pris- oners.
 In the basement are extra rooms for the accommodation of prisoners, din ing or laundry room, to be used as may later be deemed best, heating plant and store rooms.
 A concrete bridge runs from the roof of the jail to the district courtroom, 50 that prisoners may be taken to the department of justice without passing through the streets, or even seeing any outsiders.
 AS the building proper does not take up the full depth of the lot, provision is made for an open yard at the rear of the building, with & high concrete wall surrounding it. This is planned for use as an exercising court for pris- oners. The wall will be amply high to prevent the possibility of an escape.
 Outside the jail proper, is another high wall, designed to make escape double difficult, in the event that prisoner should by any means make his way through the iron gratings which bar the windows.
 Sanitary conditions are we'll provided for "in the plans, plenty of toilets and shower baths being provided for all prisoners.
 The building, as planned, will be of reinforced concrete construction. 1t will not be a particularly pretentious build ing, as it is built for service rather than appearance. The building could be faced with ornamental brick is desired, but fhis will hardly be done as the county officials feel that it is more to the interests of the county to build a plain and substantial building than to spend money on frills, at the expense of the jail equipment.
 A letter which accompanied the plans states that it is the opinion of the designers that the building can be constructed for $ls,000, with the excep- tion of quarters in the basement for city prisoners--a provision which will not work a hardship .on any one-and possibly the concrete wall around the yard in the rear of the building.
 Sheriff Thompson is highly pleased with the plans. To the Silver Belt last night he stated that he could suggest few alterations to the preliminary plans and that he considered the pro- posed jail to be one of the most com plete that could be erected for the money at hand.
 Clerk J. W. Wentworth of the board was enthusiastic. ''I don t see how a better set of plans could be submitted to the board," he said. "The jail will not be fancy one, but it will be sub stantial and we will know that when a man is locked up at night, he win be on hand in the morning. l am heart fly in favor of the adoption of these plans.
 The board will probably meet in formally today and look over the plans, to make any alterations that may be considered necessary. The plans will