Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-23
Especial Di.psssS 20 EvssIss HsraId 4

tentlary ia New Mexico are treat
I'D ~ human beings. They have
violated the laws Of the state and are
BRANDED as CDnyicts. but In the penl-
Tertiary EFFORTS are made 10 cause
the inmates to forget their past Of
lenses and ~ lead their daily lives
with the end In view Of becoming
useful citizens when released. For In
New Mexico all sentences imposed arc
indetcrminate under n law passed in
1909 and an soon AZ convict has
served his minimum sentence he may
apply FOR q parole,
There are N the pcniienuary at
tho present time 3l5 prisoners Of
whom seven are women In addition
there are 20 working on the roads In
Guadalupe county, 20 In SOcorro
county and Is in Bernalilio county.
The prisoners who work on tho
roads arc honor men. They wear tho
same clothes aa The foreman OF the
rad work and their memory In the
only thing that reminds them that
they are cOnvictS Tho customary
guards. with long range rifles on their
shoulders. are conspicuous by their
absence at the New Mexico convict
road camps The only barrier be-
tween convict and liberty when Ia
a road camp In honor" Warden
Mchanus carefully selects the men
for the road work. lie places each
man on his honor. 1.-THE honor bar
fl"r" has thus far proved "a splendid
success. True, several men en-
ploycd In road work have escaped,
hut the number OF escapes has been
comparatively small. The con
Nicts for tho most part arc
more than glad TO get out In
Gods glorious air and servo their
sentences In tho New Mexico sun
shine, welding in the daytime pick
and shovel on roadWayH thst will bs
useful 10 the state and the inhabi-
tanta. and at night time lying down
la road houses Of their own eOnstruc-
ton. with the doors unlocked and un-
bOlted. with the knowledge that thor
superlOrB have some confidence In
them. some reason TO believe that
they are HtiIl deserving Of trust.
The conylcts are worked an the
roads In the various counties at no
expense TO the penitentiary or TO the
state. The counties wishing work
done make formal application TO the
warden, specifying the number Of
men wanted and ,1Qg. what LepEth. Of
time. The counties pay for the trans.
pOrtatlon of the msn TO and from the
road work and maintain them while
they are working. In this manner
the cOnvlcts are cared for without ex-
pense TO the state and the men have
an excellent opportunity 10 consider
ably decrease their sentences. Tho
good time" allowance made By the
state for good behavior and cheerful
compliance with the prison rules Ia
uH follows:
First year. one month; second year,
two months: third year, three months;
fourth year. four monthS; NTH year,
fve months. sixth year, six months.
After the sixth year each elk monthG'
service Of sentence counts for onS
Sohr. In addition TO that "Rood
time" each honor prisoner working
on the roads or at other outdoor work
In given ten days out OF every thirty.
In other words he 10 given one.thlTd
of the time remaining after his reEd-
lar good time" iH credited to him.
The reason for the abandonment OF
the guards on road work explained
10y Warden McManus IL that TO eff.
clcnuy guard tho prisoners, the coat
would be equal ~ tho saving effected
by their work. hence OF no financial
advantage. Tho road men are worked
ia the rural districts and an iofg At
"A man DOES his work and obeys hb
foreman he need never 20 back 10
prison.
Brick making IL the chief indus
try wiihln hpssPenltsDtlary walls at
the present Time. one hundred men
are almost constantly at work max.
Ing brick The brick made ut tte
penltentlAry In a splendid article. |
much In demand Ia various parts Of
the southwest. The brick plant has
a capacity Of 10000 per day. There
ARE at present on hand at the pun,-
t"ntiary 100000 brick. although AN
order WAS recently received for 800.
900 for a building at san Jon. = MI
The sum OF $4,000 IL sGpenhSd am
nusliy az the penitontiary for coal
used In burning the brlihs
The penitentiary generates all tie
own power NJ a well equipped plant.
which IL entirely manned by cOnvicts
In fact, tho entire penltentiEry plant
IL operated by prisoners The barber
shop. the tailor shop. the tin shop.
the blacksmith shop. the poultry
farm, the hog farm--all are exchis-
lively conducted by operatives who
are prisoners.
The barber shop 10 a well equipped
thres-chair establishment. with no
leaa . peFsOnags for head barber than
Dick EAele." who formeriy conduct
Cd = ApEoyf aatep IN AlbaQaefqus
"Dick EAnio" e a hAlf.breaa chsrO.
Wee Ne WAndcrad out from AIbu.
queFqge O4e aAv three years anO.
traseled we1t " the railroad q hun-
arse milog end drew - ia BlusWater
eangen, near Utanta. He met . PuA.
BIO IndlaA. Tke Indihn invited Dick
70 have 4 drink 0f whisky, 20 Dick
SAVE Ths nezt thlag Dick knew ne
hAa mot ms Rusbio. The Indsan
alaA. Dick lay 81 4 valenela county
1Al m p9pie dime ana was tried In
heg4okllf eeunig o. q change ~
sfl pAs found suilty Of Eaan,
~ ! numhsr 81 arai-elshu
enl'ss " a. panitentieFy aaA theg
Af4 Helt p A Mo tlnee NI0Nina
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