Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-07-28
STATE PRISON HEAD
GIVES STATEMENT

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga, July 60
In an interview here, Warden J.
E. Smith stated that he has a
man detailed to look after the
sanitation of the beds in the prison
who is instructed to watch closely
for the appearance of vermin and to
see that the beds are given propet
attention.
During the last few days." he
said, 'it has rained almost daily
in this section, and it has been i'm
possible to give the beds proper
summing and attention. No report
has been made to me by any prisoner
who said that his bed was infected
CAS- to the irregularity existing as
to the care Of insane and diseased
inmates, the prison authorities have
no way to keep them separated from
the other prisoners. Attention pre-
Viously has been called to this con-
dition. 1t can be stated that the
diseased prisoners are provided sep
arate drinking and eating vessels
and kept in certain boundaries in the
sleeping quarters.
"Worley, who makes the main
charges against the management of
the farm, is notorious throughout
the state as being uncomfortable,
unruly and high-tempered. He cannot
be controlled without rougher and
harsher treatment than has ever
been used by the prison authorities.
q in hn al ni F0frs1O in
Crawford, Epson, Sumter and Fulton
counties, where it was found impoS-
sible to give him anything like hui
name treatment. When he was re-
turned to the farm, the warden was
ordered by the prison commission
to keep him in close confinement. 1t
is known that before his conviction
in Ebert county, it was necessary
to keep Morley in close confinement
in the Clarke county Jail.
THE continued rains of the past
several weeks have caused the water
supply of the state farm to become
muddy. This water is used solely for
flushing the toilets and for washing
about the building and yards. 1t is
not used for drinking and cooking
purposes, nor has it been so used in
the past several years. Drinking and
cooking water is used from the well,
all inmates being furnished individ-
ual drinking cups. A big tub is kept
in the building where waste water
can be poured.
THE food shown to the committee
had been secured by the prisoners
and concealed several days prior to
the arrival of the legislators. The
food shown the committee supposed
to have been furnished for the hos
pital ward had been secured several
days previous from the main dining
hall. Such food is never furnished
hospital patients, as their food IS
specially prepared on oil stoves i'll
the hospital building.
1.-THE meat supply is purchased
every week. All meat used has the
government stamp on it. Bread is
made of corn raised on the farm and
meal is ground weekly at the farms
steam mill. Vegetables are gathered
daily, and when meat or pork is sup
piled, it is from animals killed the
day previous or on the same day.
"As to the water supply and
plumbing, the prison commission has
already planned as soon as the crops
are laid by to install new water
system. getting. the supply from
wells near the building.
cit can be stated that the com
plants made to the committee az to
food, treatment and irregularities,
came from the hardened criminal ele-
ment at the farm"