Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-17
REPORTDENIES
PENALFARM is
IN BAD SHAPE
Moral Condition and Food Ap-
proved by Governors
Commission.
MNULTY NOT UPHELD

The Indiana penal farm is well
managed and governed, a commits
sion appointed by Gov. Goodrich to
investigate reports of mistreat-
ment of prisoners reported to the
government today.
.fe commission denied all the charges
D<Ggsinst the management of the farm made
BY Charles O. McNulty. who was a pris-
oner there.
The commission is composed of Judge
Alonzo Blair of the Shelby circuit court,
Judge James P Hughes Of the Putnam
circuit court and DR.. Charles 2. Emmer-
son Of Indianapolis.
MORAL CONDITIONS
AND FOOD APPROVED.
The commission reported that the i'll
mates of the farm are not overworked
nor caused to work an excessive mum.
her Of hours; that the food is nutritious,
wholesome and sufficient: that between
March l and March q, during which
time McNulty was an inmate at the
farm, seventy-two men were released.
only eleven of whom had lost weight;
that officers and guards are neither cruel
nor insulting; that the institution Is
in a good sanitary condition; that tho
moral conditions of the institution arc
generally good.
The only fault found with the farm
was that there are persons confined there
who are entirely too young 10 be in such
an institution.
1T is our opinion that the Indiana
state farm is well managed and gov
erned." the report concludes.
McNuIty had charged that the prisoners
were underfed and overwOrked: that the
guards were cruel and insulting; that the
Institution was insanitary. and that i'm
moral practices were tolerated.
CHARGES DENIED
By COMMISSION.
The report of the commission follows A:
I'VE. the undersigned. appointed by you
as committee TO investigate certain
charges preferred against the manage
ment of the Indiana State Farm by one
Charles o. McNuIty. formerly an inmate
thereof, beg to submit the following re-
port:
The charges preferred by said Charles
O. McNulty were. IN substance:
L. That the inmates were underfed,
and worked long hours at hard work
- That the food furnished the inmates
: was insufficient and unwholesome.
~ That the guards were insulting and
cruel.
a That the institution is kept in an
insanitary condition.
IS. That revolving immoral practices
existed among the inmates.
With these charges as the basis for
our investigation, we have visited the
Indiana state farm, and made a thorough
investigation OF the institution and the
charges preferred We examined, under
oath, many inmates, and also former in
mates, Of this institution. We also eN-
amined officers guards, employees and
the Physician These examinations were
private and witnesses were given every
opportunity to talk freely and make
such complaint as they desired.
We find:
Il That the inmates are not over
worked, neither are they worked an ex-
cessive number Of hours.
. That the food furnished the in
mates is nutritious, wholesome and suf-
ficient- This finding is not only based
upon the evidence of the inmates and
former inmates, but also upon the rec
Ords Of the daily acquisitions, which are
weighed and delivered by the storekeeper
10 the chief cook, and also upon the fact
that the records Of the weight OF the
inmates when received and when dis
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