The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-24
.Deals With Inmates as
Fellow Beings Rather
Than Inmates
HOW PRISON IS RUN
Most Hardened Characters
Learn to Respect Officers
and Fellow Man

"A administration that has almost put
A # m its own financial feet has re-
,ur,d from the program instituted
n IA, the oklahoma state penitcntiary
III ,efe BY Fred &. Switzer as warden.
II To MANY causes may be attributed
n no spparcnt success OF his admins
4 ration, first to his deputies and Of
"A ,ical staff, but more TO his strict
a religion Of discipline through appeal
81 - the man instead OF the convict.
IA and the atmosphere of homclineSs,
n cleanliness and wholesomeness in
a ,be many buildings and offices com
posng OF state penitentiary
There are not the old familiar
signs Of prison about the peniten-
t'ary or its inmates. Tho stripe is
rot here, but in its place is the uni
lorm suitable TO the department
vherein the inmate labors. In the
of,ice immaculate white duck II
uorn in the dining room and kitch-
ens the fatigue suit of white, in the
factories the work suit. with a
"bes;" suit In his cell Prison APP
n oerances are erased as much as Is
n physically possible and TO the man,
h ne warden says, Is due the credit
n ct what Industrial progress has been
n set I'D since his taking over OF the
a PRISON.
j Under construction at the present
q line is a new three-story shirt fac
,ory TO cost approximately $780,
VOC, built entirely out OF the revolv-
itg fund and not cent from appro-
pra,ions The foundation Is so laid
hat five more stories may be added
.ls ttS.. - t.r yt ~
TIE factory will, employ 300 men
and will have an output OF 300
dozen shifts per week.
Industrial Buildings.
Inside the four walls which en-
cOse the more than 10 acres OF land
are seven factory and Industrial
buildings, outside of the main ad-
mnistration building and cell dor
inhories. Despite the added build
inss now under construction. there
Il plenty OF open area for court
Yards and Fairgrounds.
The buildings are so situated that
4 ,hty form a chain. starting from
The penitentiary proper to the bak-
n cry, the lumber mill and yard, shirt
factory broom and cotton factory,
vine ftctory implement factory,
metal work, canning factory, broom
factory shoe and harness factory
print shop, paint shop and planning
mill. Numerous by-product plants
a'e found In all OF the main indus
rial buildings.
The brick slant, declared by state
ntlcials TO be the only one OF its
nnd in the middle west operated
ana owned BY n penitentiary. is To-
Gated about half Il mile from the
II penitenthry walls. IL is self-sus-
aiming and operated by the hard
st criminals sentenced 20 the peni-
tentary. yet there has never been.
IN recent years. bloodshed or dis
4 'uption among inmate employees or
a guards, the warden says. The plant
operates six kllns for daily pro-
4 duttion OF 5000 bricks. Machinery
ready for installment that will
double the capacity. The convict
4 f6oreTs, VINO work eight hours 4
A Hy' turn out eight varieties OF brick
from the plainest to the finest of
Guiding and paving block.
System Prevails.
The most noticeable feature OF
tyeTv factory, however large or
'maIi, is the system that prevails
ana the contentedness and energy
nat is displayed from every one of
'ne workers. Another feature Is that
mere is hut one paid employe In
nery factory, the general super
sof From him on down tho pro-
Mon followed by the inmates IN
,''h NE is applied in the peniten-
a!. The occasions are not infre
yleh' either, OF where some of the
Hos' hardened masters are fore
eH ana directing geniuses OF the
cared
rtscucally union hours are alb
.ed IN all industrial plants in
,tH from that department TO
.,n me hard labor inmates are
,.1aIIheo the clerks in the general
hee' This Is not generally true,
,e'er' as sentences of various
cost'us uales call for specified labor and
me output OF the factories is
,uole man enough for use az the
rs.-ehuary alone. Outside con-
aus purchase many of the pro-
an While the institution furnishes
rIo,O ne state schools and institu-
h,r eleemosynary and penal, with
ns..',. Quantities OF products from
ms,,y al OF the factories. Brooms.
,wIe'seS' wagons, farm tools
5.us, shirts, overalls. paints. brick.
can, cans products, farm implem ents.
a. 10 ana some vegetables are a few
t1,nse products that the penitentiary
The state 40 S'''e' INSTITUTIONS IN
n ohortly before tho rrtd1,o ~, An.,,
peni,,Were We're 1904 inmates in the
ye,. 1IaTF OF whom only four
bs, h safe keeping. This num-
rsls' as divided among 726 white
Y,iss 20 coiorcd males, so Indian
fm,I. ~ negro females, 23 white
hd,a. I Mexican males and one
Etna.. 'emale. One was out as n
a, Vs. live were in the hospital
tal a, 1's and Al were in the hospi-
a,sd institutional bakery rs oper-
and Ac'usively by inmate bakers
'wo-ana daily capacity of 400.
The ~ t.hree e-quarter-pound loayes
this s.et baker speaks with pride
Prison nhehee hshhee as an example OF the
specific, ase-shop: AT recent In
sagitarr ot our shop by health and
all az officers OF the state. they
gurfIcio,d that this sight here was
10 convince them that a