Arizona republican., 1913-03-02
Joint Investigating Com mittces Bring in Unani- nous Report on Prison Investigation Which is Adopted
SENATE, REFERS
 CERTAIN SECTIONS
To Committee on Code Re vision So Bills on Sucl Sections Can Be Brought In; Prison Farm is En- dOlSed

In; Prison Farm is En- dOrSed
 The Investigating committees of the house and senate which for two days ! last week held an investigation of the affairs of the state prison at Flor
 ence. following certain charges made public in petition to the legislature, surprised every one not intimately | familiar with the committee and it's 1 workings. by bringing in an unanimous 1 report. The findings were easily reached There is no compromise m 1 the report Contrary to the general 1 impression the report is not d white wash either. The questions of Senator ] Cunnirf in the investigation, What l legislation if any would you suggest, 1 have born fruit in certain well defined recommendations that will doubtless be embodied in legislation that will be | presented to both houses of the leg l isldture later
 i When the report was presented r. l the senate. it was referred by sections 1 to the code revision committee, and will be taken up by them in conuec- 1 tion with the code revision that is
 now proceeding The prison farm, provided for by Senator Hughes in
 the bin recently introduced in the
 senate by him. is practically endorsed by the joint committees in their re- ccmmendation on the subject The report is printed herewith in full and l speaks for itself
 To the Speaker of the House of Rep
 resentatives and the President rf the Senate.
 Mir. Speaker and Mr President. Your joint committee on conference appointed by order of the house and by order of the senate to consider the petitions presented tU the legisla- ture by citizens of Florence regarding
 certain conditions in connection with the state penitentiarN, to investigate. and to report to the two houses of the legislature bege leave to report that it has held an investigation into the matters set forth in said petition,
 and respectfully reports as follows,
 l. The petitioners having shown
 that prisoners were permitted tu 1p- pear outside the walls of the peniten-
 tiary in the town of Florence in citi-
 zens garb The governor by special message to the legislature on Febru- ary -. 1913. has informed the legis-
 lature that prisoners will no longer
 be permitted t. go into the town "i
 Florence. This regulation in our opm-
 ion, renders ii unnecessary for the
 legislature to act in this matter.
 , We recommend legislation how ever providing that prisoners in the
 state penitentiary be clothed, without 1 discrimination. in a distinctive dress not of q humiliating character but readily distinguishabIe as the prisor
 dress.
 3 We further recommend legsla-
 tion providing that no person shall b' , made "trusty" or placed on honor except by action of a parole board
 placing him on the trusty or honor
 roll
 f We recommend legislation pro hibiting the sale of goods by tho
 state to employees or officers of thu
 state
 5 We recommend legislation pro
 viding that prisoners under prope
 guard work upon d state farm. to bo secured for this purpose and main } tained for the support of the prison } CTS. and under proper guard upol road work as at present. but engage ! in no occupations competing with thu ! free labor of the state { G. We recommend legislation mal ] ing it felony Knowingly to sell de liver or give intoxicating iquor to ] prisoner committeed to the peniten } tiary.
 Since the stenOgraphers' note. ! of the testimony at the investigation ! are in q fragmentary and incomplete ! condition. it is, in our opinion, mad Visable to devote the time and eNpens, necessary to put the matter togethe1 , and make fair transcript We : therefore #recommend, that these notes ] be collected by your joint committee and placed in q sealed packet ant placed in the joint custody of the ! secretary of the senate and the chie1 clerk of the house to be filed as tho code is filed and the packet not to be opened except on joint order of the house and the senate. Signed:
 ALEXA NDER BARKER. LEON r. JACOBS. GEORGE R. CRAIG. NJ H. KANE.
 THOMAS MADDOCk. { House Committee.
 C E. WOOD. Chairman.
 c. H. CHASE. C. NJ ROBERTS. M c. CUNNIFF JOHN T. HUGHES. Senate Committee. There is one section in the report the coming of which was patent to al whether acquainted or not with the causes for the petition, or the effect of the actual investigation. and that iS ] the last section referring to the steno- { graphers notes This condition vii probably he righted if another inVes- ! tigation is held either in this sessor ! or during any other session. In these ! days when so much is being sat { about economic waste and when sf