Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-14
Married Men Predominant
In FederolPem, According
Tow Urden' sA mm21UlRep0rt
Occupation of Prisoners

| The number of prisoners married a
| second time is very small.
| Occupation OF Prisoners
A list OF the occupations of the
| prisoners shows that of the 1,557
in the prison at the end of the year,
246 were laborers and 1873 were farm
ers. The largest number of any
| increased from total of eleven at
| the beginning OF the year to 11S at
| the end.
There are ten preachers in the
! penitentiary. The prison had only five
| twelve months ago, but in the in
| term, the number has doubled.
The bankers number thirteen and
| the bank clerks fifteen.
For some unknown reason, the
prison seems to be particularly at
| tractive to BARRIERS. twenty-five
| were making it their home at the
| The bar-keeps totaled twenty six,
| more than doubling the number of
preachers, in spite of the handicap
Of prohibition.
The rough Ind ready west furnish
ed only one cowboy, proving that the
movies haven'e been telling US the
truth.
! Clerks number As, physicians 20,
lawyers Z and postmasters II.
Journalists tota! four. The re-
Now comes the surprise of your
life. In the whole penitentiary, made
up of 1857 men from every country
on the globe, absolutely the most
miXed-up set Of human beings ever
gathered together. there are only
four gamblers just one-fourth as
many as there are ministers of the
gospel.
OF the whole prison population,
773 went to common schools, 226 to
high school, 100 to college, 36S can
only read and write. eight can read
TWenty-three are doing life sem
fences, one is in fer 80 years, one for
80 years. five for 80 years, twelve for
rs years, sixteen for 20 years, TWEEN
10 years, 1875 for 5 years, $50 for L
year
A list of the crimes for which the
prisoners are serving sentence shows
drug peddlers are the most frequent
offenders, white nlavers come next,
robbers. The drug peddlers number
1853; the white Siavers, 106; the coun-
terfeiters, 100, and the postofffce rob-
bers, So.
Twenty-nine prisoners are. being
punished for violating the selecttve
service law. forty for violating the
espionage law, and seven for threat
ening the president of the United
States. For this last offense, ten were
received at The prison last year and
five Awere released,
sixty Georgians
The numbe" Of men who have
been paroled from the prison since
small percentage have violated
parole, showing that the govern
ment's policy Of releasing men VINO
show reformation of habits ana
character has proved a good one.
The number Of Georgians in the
prison totals sixty.
The white prisoners number LIS;
the negroes, 314; the Chinese, 6;
the Indians, II, and the Mexicans, Z.
The number of orphans is ass;
is 5S3, and the number with BOTH
parents living is 4S6.
Many religious denominations are
represented among, the prisoners.
lists, 334; the Methodists, ~;
those with no religion at all, 104;
the Presbyterians. So; the Jews,
los: the Christian Scientists, 5.
There are fewer Buddhists than
any other denominat ton. They total
There are, II prisoners at the pen
ttentiary who hail from Italy; So,
from Germany; p, from Russia; II.
from Austria.
The health of the prison was good
last year. But the capacity Of the
buildings has almost been reached.
Much construction work was fin
ished.
In concluding his report, Warden
Zerbst says:
with the completion of the cot
ton mill and the acquisition Of a
large farm, this institution will be-
come a great industrial as well as
penal plant. 1t will then be posi-
bic to teach industry to those SEN
fenced here for violation of our
countrv'a laws. and they will go out
better prepared for good citizenship
and will be real asset in industrial
life because of the opportunities and
the training provided here