South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-30
PRISON REPORTS
REFUTE THEORY
OF CRIME WAVE
Statistics Show Fewer Incar-
ccrations In Past Year
Than Previously.

" INDIANAPOLIS. Jan 29.-"Is
there a crime wave o." asks a buile-
Tin issued by the Board Of state
Charities which bases the answer
ou tsbuiation OF reports from the
various penal institutions and jails
Of Indiana.
Doubtless there has been some
Increase continues the bulletin in
ohenses that are spectacular. especi-
ally hy boys and young men. the
last year. but in the aggregate the
total number OF prisoners in jail as
well as the total commitments for
both misdemeaRors and felOnies are
shown by the reports rrom the DIFF
1erent state Institutions and county
Jsils 10 have been less than they
were several years ago
Take the Indiana State prison,
enc EeformstOry and the Women's
prison. The number present on
Sspt Co. 1918. az the State prison
was 1882. in 1921 it was 1852
This includes 500 transferred from
the Indiana ReformatOrv AT the
Eeformatory there were 1875 i'm
1915 and 791 in 1927. which. Of
course. is less by 300 on account Of
trOse transferred tofthe state prison.
The Woman's prison had 81 pres
cnt in 1915 and As in 1921 The
to,al number present in these three
iGstitutious on sept. 30. 1915 was D.
.6s1. and on Sept 80. 1921. 2.1Sg.
"The commitments 90 the Indiana
DS,ate prison during the year 1915
numbered asa and I'm 1921. 335. 20
tine Reformstory in 1915 the num-
Der was 622 and i'm 1921 S31: 10
The Womau's prison en- 1915. Is. and
fn 1921, % The total number Of
commitments to the three institu-
tons during 1915 was 1907. and
during 1927. 11S9.
Taxing the misdemeanors at the
Correctional department or the
Womau's prison there We're present
on Sept so. 1915. IL, and on the
same day of 1927. 40 At the state
farm there were 626 IN 1915. and
$40 in 1921 The total number OF
misdemeanants az these two insti-
tuiions on Sept 80. 1915. was 737
and in 1921. 5s5
The number OF commitments 10
The Correctional department of the
WOman's prison during 1915. was
AL and during 1877. I21 The
State farm was i'm operation only
SIX months i'm 1915. but the numbe
of commitments for 1916 thereto
was 2.322. while the number dur
ing 1921 was 1862
At the Juvenile institutions the
number present at the Indiana Boys
school on Sept. 80. 1915. and in 1921.
5l4. At the Indiana Girls school.
ON Sept. 80. 1915. there were 317
D esent and in 1921. 36S The total
number present at the two institu-
t.ons on Sept. 30. 1915. was $40. and
1921. $50
The number of commitments to
The Indiana BoyS school during
1915 was EOS and i'm 1871. 241 To
the Indiana Girls school during
1915 the number was 113 and dur
Ing 1921. %. The total number of
commitments TO the two institutions
during 1915 was SIC and during
1927. 336
"Of course there should be taken
into account the fact that because
90 crowded conditions these two in
stitutions from time TO time cannot
admit all who should De committed
thereto.
Now turning 10 the county jals.
the total number OF persons con-
hned in the county iails i'm Indiana
during the year 1915 was 45.75O. and
during 1921 249S4 OF those who
served sentences during 1915 there
we're 1854 and during 1921 $3.50.
These figures correspond 10 those
from some other states. The Min
ncSota State prison. Eeformatory
and Womau's reformatory had a to-
tar number or 1916 inmates ON the
last day OF the fiscal year 1915: on
7he last day OF the fiscal year 1920.
there were 1.2S2 In Chicago the
Cook county jail now has 900 pris-
ouers while they have had as many
a. 1.10O. In MASSACHUSETTS the
population OF the state prisons I'm
1915 was 29O2 while iu 1921 u
=. was 1857. The last report OF the
i New York state commissioner OF
corrections shows the prisons and
reformatories. the county jaiIs and
the New York City penal institu-
tions had a population ina 1915 OF
16.67S and I'm 1890 9145 The num-
her OF commitments during 1915
vas 12t110 and during 1920 was
5a.O3e"