The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-04-26
|CONV|CTS CHEER
AS THEY ENTER
THEIR new HOME
Prisoners Transferred From
"Reef' To Fine Structure
lust Completed In kalihi
GOLDEN RULE BILL" ~
M" JARRETT GREETS. THEM
Governor Makes Speech Hopes
Life WIN Be Bright For Them
In Their New Residence

Men don't often cheer on entering
prison, but two hundred and eighty
eight territorial and federal prisoners
gave three hearty cheers and n tiger
; yesterday ~ they marched into the new
quarters Of million dollar prison at
Kniihi and took up their residence for
longer or shorter periods.
Not that they were so exuberantly
rlud to he within prison walls, even
flioae within which High sheriff Will
liam 2. Jarrett e1cmPlifes his "gold
EN- rule" system If running penal in
stitution. But they were unqualified
III glad to exchange the musty,
ont-Uf date old Reef" for the new
and .up.tO.date structure within which
the Territory is heneeforth TO house its
eyii-doers.
High Sheriff Jarrett was all smiles
as the prisoners entered the walled en-
closure some directly from the old pris-
on2-the Reef. as il has been known
since the latter part of the ffties Of last
eenturY-and some from their work in
the quarries and in different parts of
the city. Smiling, too, was Warden
"Htlly" Wood, he of former prize
ring fame, the trainer of Jim - Cor.
bett; and Captain Needham.
n was relief to leave the old,
diqgy, medieval prison close to the har-
bop,, a prison with musty walls and
mrstier floors, with its nondescript ad-
diffOBs and old fashioned sanitary and
hygicnie arrangement, and move into
thu splendid new prison structure, de-
signed after that at Leavenworth, with
itseentral structure in the form of
great X. II"
Find Dinner Ready
u was q perfect Honolulu day for
house moving. In the morning the re
mafnder of the Office furniture was
packed and made ready for the vans.
The prisoners clothing and little odds
and ends were collected and prepared
for wagon travel The men went out
ON their regular tasks. Up to Eve
'cIsck wagons and trucks transferred
the Office and prison material TO the
new structure and when the men re-
turned from work, dinner was al pre-
pared by the chef and corps of prison
assistants: the cells were in readiness
and things were in ship-shape.
n The Governor arrived at the prison
shortly before Ave and was taken over
the Office building, in which are the of
fees of the high sheriff and deputy. the
warden and assistants; the hospital for
men and hospital for women; surgical
and operating room; section devoted to
housing of women prisoners; dormitory
for the TRUSTEES; the execution room
kitchens; locker rooms, storerooms. On
the roof of this building are super,
structures, comprising the home Of the
high sheriff and deputy, complete in
every detail as though 1t were Q house
SET upon the ground.
} n From this building the Governor went
over to the prisoners building. The
X bnilding is two stories, and cOntains
RslDng dining room and kitchen, the
second story room above being an emer.
geney mess hall. Another wing con.
tains, cells, in two stories, with room
in each, for two prisoners, each cell
equipped with lavatory appliances.
Another wing comprises two sets Of
dormitories for federal prisoners, and
d there is still another reserve wing. The
dark cells have been constructed under
ground.
Governor Talks
\ The Governor stood in the doorway
and talked to the prisoners. He said
he hoped that life would be even brigh
" ter, under the circumstances, than in
their old habitation. He referred ia
the method Of ADM nistratiOn and hoped
;, that the life there would make better
men of them. He spoke of the siren
nous times In which the world was liv
ing and of their own "strenuous lives
but said that the future held forth
good promises for all
x Then came "kaukau'', one of the