The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-11
STATE PRISON
Farmers Protest Against Pris-
oners az Neighbors On
Adjoining Farms

Sioux Falls, June 11.-Acting under
the law passed by the last legislature
the state board of charities and cor
rections is now preparing to purchase
land adjoining or near the peniten-
tiary to be used as Il farm for the
employment of convicts.
The last legislature appropriated
$45, 900 to be used in buying add
tional land for the state penitentiary
and improving the same by the cree
tion Of necessary buildings, buying
live stock and farm machinery. $50
600 of this amount is available for
1913 and not only is the board of
charities and corrections authorized to
make such purchase of land but IN
der the act it is required to do so.
Since ii has become known that more
Ian. is to be procured for the purpose
OF providing employment for inmates
of the penitentiary much u~neasiness
has been felt by owners of land fearing
that the new farm for the prisoners
may adjoin their property. As a re-
suit numerous petitions have been cir
culated among the farmers of the vicin-
ity and also among the people o. the
city and these have been quite gen
orally signed. The petitions protest
against buying land for the purpose
of giving employment to prisoners if
the prisoners are to reside on the
farm.
G. l.. Dotson, a member of the board,
said yesterday that the board is clearly
instructed to buy some farming land
and to equip il with farm buildings
and for the express purpose of provid-
Jog employment for inmates of the
penitentiary who may be trusted to
work upon such farm. The board has
the option only in the matter of the
size of such a farm. The farm may adj
join the present penitentiary land or
be in the vicinity of it.
A committee from the last legisla-
ture visited a farm of 800 acres about
three miles from the p~enitentiary ard
not adjoining the present penitentiary
land. This committee had no author
ity, however, except the force Of its
recommendations. No action has yet
been taken by the board as to the
selection of IA site for the farm.
The legislative committee which was
appointed by the last Legislature to in
vestigate conditions at the penitentiary
and to make recommendations for i'm
provement of conditions was given a
wids scope and after hearing witnesses
testify regarding certain charges fled
with it End inspecting the institution
the committee spent some time in
considering the proposition of a peni-
Tertiary farm. 1t found that one was
needed that could give a number of
the convicts work and this will es-
pecially be necessary when the pres
ent contract for the shirt factory ex
pires as the legislature recommended
that it shall not be renewed. The
shirt factory was condemned as un.
desirable, by the legislature commit
tee and it was for the purpose of pro.
siding employment for some of the
convicts now in the shirt factory that
the purchase of a farm was recon.
mended.
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