The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-09-07

ed over by the officer account anyiug
him, to the prison officials. Ye is then
assigned a number AMI MS mitiimus
IL recorded. Thereafter he losee His
Identity entirely and Is known only
b. his number.
After this preliminary he is taken
to the receiving gate and the Turnkey
phones to the Deputy warden's office
and an officer comes down to take
him in charge. He is told to fold his
arms and he is first taken to the
photograph gallery where his picture
is taken just as he came from the
street.
Later. he is given a hair cut, in
which the hair is shaved close; he
is bathed and given clean clothes.
There are never any striped clothes
any more In the summer time the
prison uniform is khaki and in the
winter it is a warm blue wooden
cloth. After getting dressed out the
convict is then assigned to cell.
At the first opportunity he is ex-
fmined physically. as to his family
history and as to his own history.
If he is physically incapacitated he
is taken to the hospital where he is
kept until he gets well or dies. If
he is found able-bodied he is assign
ed to some of the work about the
prison.
There is no given rule as to when
a prisoner shall be placed on the
''trusty'' list. His own past record
and his conduct after becoming an
inmate are the standards by which
he is judged.
A prisoner who is condemned to
death is placed in the death cell
from thirty to ninety days before his
execution date. Always from the
time he enters the institution. he is
placed under the close surveillance
of the guards. Usually, if he is plac-
ed in a cell house, he is given cell
close to where the cell house keeper
is stationed.
A model prisoner is always given
good time which means that he Is
allowed certain number of days off
of his sentence, or solid time" for
! each year that he has served without
any black marks against him. The
| first year he is given a month of
good time. The second year he
gets two months; the third year
three months, the fourth year four
months, the fifth year five months
and the sixth year six months and
for each year after that six months
time is taken off. For instance, if a
man was sentenced to from eight
years to ten years and was a model
prisoner for six years and half. the
his minimum sentence.
This is what is called "State Good
Time" Under the regime of War
den lyman another system has been
inaugurated which was the first OF
its kind and which has been so sue
cessful that it has been the talk OF
prison annals throughout the world.
This is the plan of putting the men
outside the walls as TRUSTEES" II
they are deemed sufficiently reliable
to be placed on their honor on the
| outside they are thus enabled to
gain one third more time off than is
given them under the state time"
For instance, IL a prisoner had but
nine months to serve after his state
/ time" had been credited, and he was
| placed outside as a trusty he could
clean up that nine months in six
months time.
The state good time is subject to
forfeit by escaping, attempt at
breaks. or in fact, any gross infringe
ment of the rules. And even IL a con-
vict is credited with his good time.
il his conduct is not such as to war
rant 1t, he Is not released when he
has served the minimum amount OF
his sentence but will be held until
the maximum sentence has been
served.
It must be said that this seldom
happens because as Chief Clerk Craw-
ford said, "A convict makes his own
trouble" He is encouraged in every
way to be good. and the majority Of
them are model prisoners. Those
good time" and "trusty" privileges
ere worth gong after.
For any minor infringements of the
rules the convicts lose their privi-
leges such as being able to attend
chapel exercises and the moving pic
ture show. both big events in a con-
victs life. Harsh treatment is sell
dom needed and less often given.