Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-10-09
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Report Of Trustees En-
couragingi High Standard IS
Aim OF the Management,

...tt., .r ,lf. i,gtftHt,, ana tb4t if
ilas ih"'V ii8t''i"l@ pl'@' 'N' ~ ~ CIV
year of existence is shown By the re-
port of tie bound OF trustees and the
president Just made 10 Governor
Mills. The following is q part of the
trustees report
So far, no confinement cells have
been constructed for the more IN
corrigiple class, the inmates have
been cared FOR after industrial hotfs,
in q large ward dorm1toiA, with hlsht
Waterman. The ward dormltofy
quarters nave heretofore been used
tor school purposes and dolmltorE
imposes also, aud q brick hulldlhs'
purchased WIN the s2fd lots Is now
being repaired, renodeled u iltted
up as e aehool room, ana ~ is eN-
pected that this building viii be com
pletc in a fe" weeks when IT Is m
tended to employ another person as
school teacher and as an assistant
about the institution as wei. Ihe olu
court u bulldlng mas peen ienou,
eled and repaired extensively ana
the lands Of the institution ~ieac"u,
broken and planted, Nearly All OF
the worn OF repairing, hulldlhS, INflh-
ing, etc. has been done ny lle lu-
venile inmate prisoners themselves
except diiiteult work and some on
rae work II a had to be given over
to contractors and skilled artisans
For the use OF the institution GROUNDS
two stock certificates have been pur-
CHASED from the Springer Ditch COM
pany, which provides the institution
with the ditch water of the Syringe
ditch for farming and gardening and
other uses about h Institution
grounds. The many improvements
made during the year have been
made with the greatest economy, IN
order to get on within the limited
funds. now allowed and provided by
law. The salaries OF the three otfi-
cials moun to loss than 5000 q
| month. and the supplies FOR main
tanning the institution have Tor the
most part been purchased at public
| bidding and on as close terms as
possible. The whole expenditure at
this time since the trustees took pos
session. expended for improvements,
for the purchase Of property and for
maintainance has been less than $I0.-
000. If the number OF inmate prIs-
oners should Increase beyond fifty.
the present building and grounds
| would be Inadequate to take care of
them. A phvsician is tmployed to
look our for the health ot the in
| mates and all proper sanitary regula-
tione as near As can be observed and
the inmates are au HerN healthy.
The ruIee and regulations to gov
ern the institution have been made
as Nbpral MS could be done ana every
EFFORT mas beel1 put forth to deal
with these juvenile prisoners as kind
IL and lhc1aIN as poseiblo and at
the same limo make them realize
that they are being punished for tho
crimns committed lv mem ~rcspect-
fveIy Al first if seemed that because
Of some ,f the had q among
tba prisnnnrs tho Kind h~umanttarian
treatment axtended could not be ffrr-
the, nvtnnded and that more severe
d~iecinline ,ynnId boye 10 10 rpsortad
to nm me hrinainp jnto subiec-
lion of some of me more inrorrtqihIe
sadcrs has mad me effect of hiring
mn ali under 81 nice obediont dis
%cipline So that these voune Offenders.
wbon 81 al liberty shenfd make GOOD
citizens There is "a time set apart
fo, york "a Time for school duty. n
tim. fnr racreatinn and nlaN and 2s
Iii , ,t,ra IN, ,.ost ma tbnre eaams
~ No vnr,, Httla unrest and discon-
t-antuent at mis- time vyith amy ar
No. nr{eonars w ~eonnlaints hayo
conn nithrr from Tho nrisonnrs ar
their norante ~, Guardian mr. anvcno
40 cnn,rlainfno or onv fI-i-treatnoan
~, tbn n-rrieere Of the institntion.
YAM hoard nf trustees along vim
~ sd MN a. and XII ,esistonts
e Nv ~ln,frta1 that ~ 49, hnen as
80 ,aoaesr,i q, ~. n-nrorenont ~ = ne
80 NFN