The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-25

Institution Equipped with Baths, Ster-
ilizing Plant and other Conveniences
Steel Cells Operated by Most APP
proved Devices,
From an alleged Jail, out of which
pe9-legged men with only one useful
eve were accustomed to saunter when
tired of the bill of fare, to jail in
which prisoners are sterihzed and in
carcerated until the law requires their
exeunt is quite step. That step has
been accomplished at Newfane, in
Wndham county, in nine months at a
cost of a little under $4,000.
All this has come to pass as the re-
suit of visits by the state board of
health, followed by orders from that
body Each visit of the board resulted
in additional orders and each order
called for more expense. But il has
been done. even to the ueaT-completion
of a cement storage reservoir. and the
county i to be permitted to pay for il
in the next two years by the simple
and effective method of Ievying a Scent
additional county tax. but some Of the
county officials feel that part Of the
expense mas been forced upon the coun-
" unnecessarily.
Not only has the stat" board OF
ne9ltE been satisfied, for the modern
penal institution attached to the Wind
ham County House has been approved
by that board and the usual number of
nspectors-plumbers steam filters,
electricians and other SpeciaHsts-hUt
/ II ought 10 satisfy the most cXactn@
iprisonct.
There he may take voluntarily a
/ shower or tub bath, either hot OF cold.
! If by any chance he should not care to
indulge in the luxury Of a bath and
does not approve Of Sterilized clothing
|th" custodians are expected to insist
upon his complying with this simple
rule. Once this formahtv Is complied
with 1t - very difficult for an inmate
OF this jail to become friendly with YER
= min while III the bastile.
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a prisoner deel1e TO Try the merry fout
TO 'he hereafter ire nose attachr
10 a Stahdplpe IN the corridor Wo0l
M ','1 s"1" " ,"I't'uL' one .-.
h which occupies the same floor space tn
cid one did, is really a ground floc
n, now. The damp cellar under that ha
J. been filed in with rocks and the foe
lis of cement. 1t would he Ion,
hard dig to freedom by way of hoI
. in the floor. Originally the walls we,
eff two thicknesses of brick. Now the
are three bricks thick. In order ths
,- appearances may be as pleasant =
D possible the inside of the walls al
Of sheathed with a tool-proof steel hnin
o; one-quarter inch thick. Painted whit
~ as it is, except for wainscoting {
hit feet Of green. it closely resemble
: plasterboard or Il we'll plastered wal
e. The lower floor has six double eel
d. in rows of three each, giving provislc