Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-25

well as fer the body, and by getting
them Interested n their own welfare
and showing them that they win be
allowed 10 help themselves. am able
TO build up q spirit OF self-respect
Which when these men leave the
prison VIII make them take an inter.
est IN the affairs sf the community in
which they VIII i've"
Many Make Ornaments.
While Sheriff Jarrett chatfed the
men we're sitting about the prison
yard, singing, telling stories. or busy
al work upon some toy or piece Of
decorative work Some of them carve
shells into fantastic and attractive
shapes. others work horse hair into in.
tricate ehai1ss and some. as the tim
smith, make horn canes
The latter require q week of
steady application for completion. The
horn is softened In the fire, cut into
square chunks and through the middle
OF the chunks a stout steel rod is
passed. Then the. horn has TO be filed
away by hand. and Che whole rough
surface polished Tor many hours be.
fore the work is complete.
This work of the prisoners brings
them often a considerable income.
One man has made 1850 in a COM
Eparatively short term. Others have
sums ranging from 500 down and
they use part of this money to keep
them IN little Injuries with which the
prison does not furnish them.
Shortly after 7:30 the men were
sent to their cells. The old custom
was to eonfne them at 4:45, which
kept them In the cells. dark and with
out light to read by, for more than
IL hours at q stretch. Now, they are
in the cells hardly more than eight
hours.
Cell Doors Open at Might.
Men must have an opportunity to
sleep II they are to do real work fhe
next day" is one Of Jarrett's Haxfms,
and as q result he sees that the. cells
are not allowed to become too hot for
comfort The doors OF the inner cells
are left open upon the halls, and a
free current of air cireulates. AS q
result there is practically lone Of the
disturbance in the night which former
ly kept ,all the prisoners from sleep
because one or two restless men were
pounding ON the doors OF their cells
and yelling for more aiS."
in the morning the men are unlock.
ed at ; o'clock and after q
breakfast as hearty as the supper, are
formed into lines, searched and start.
ed out fer their: places OF work.
At the site OF the new territorial
prison, q modern building which will
accommodate 500 or 800 men. 60 pris.
oflers are working at tasks for which
paid laborers would need "a daily wage
OF $3.50. AT the quarry 90 men work.
At Makili, the government nursery.
the armory, for the board of health
iii various places. the library, the pail
ace grounds and the waterfront,
groups of from 20. to two men work
without guard or luna.
No Guards for workers.
1T Is a triumph OF the new system
that. these prisoners can be permitted
to go out and work by themselves,
raise NO trouble during the day and
come back at might. Some Of them
are men who are IN for a life sentence.
Every day the sheriff makes the round
to all the sites where the men are
working.
At PunchboWl Is camp Of 90 men.
They are .carhped out like any. body Of
pleasure seekers. One guard Il - looks
after them. They are cleaning up
the ground which will soon be used
as the National Guard rifle range
All over the irregular plateau men
are cutting down trees and cactus and,
carting away the rubbish: Much Of j.
is taken back ito the Jail for fuel.l
Where formerly the coal used at the
jail ran up to ton q week the prison
now purchases hardly a ten In two or
three months.
These men at Punchbowl work by
themselves They are put on their.
hcil6f, and II. has come to
many OF them first with a
ghoek ana then with thrill
of pleasure to know that there are q
few people IN the world who still think
them honorable. They respond to the
trust fnailfully. From these open
camps no one has ever attempted to
escape. They fear to do so because
they know they would draw down upon
their head the wrath Of their fellow
prisoners, men who, do not intend to
be deprived Of these great privileges
because one or two of their number
wish to have leg room.
Stay Away All Week.
Greater than the triumph Of the
PuHchb6mi camp;i however. il the:
Round Top establishment, where 80
men under the direction OF two fore
rhens are camped 5 miles from the pris-
on In the heart OF the mountains. lab
ofiilg on a road. Formerly these men
were brought back dad forth to work
every day and working under MANY
guards they took no interest in their
wefks Furthermore the time taken
fin travelling TO and from the jail
left them an extremely abbreviated
day. Now they are taken to the pris-
on on Saturdays and brodght back to
the camp on Monday morning. It
leaves them d week clear far work
and an outing besides, and they, &C.
eompIish three times as much as-. the
gaHs witch worked there Under the
old regime.
Indicative of the new spirit of the