Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-20
By FREDERIC J. HAsKIN

Warrington. u. c, Jan iI.-'out OF
200 county jsils recently visited. only
10 were fit for human occupation"
This is the report jus; sent by Mrs
II. S. McIntire. secretary OF the Prison
e-s Relief society. after trip from
,hi, city to Seattle. IN which she visit
cd some 20 3a.ls In order TO observe
conditions
Mrs AcIn.!re found the majority OF
the institutions dirty and unhealthy.
and graf, rampant Tho prisoner who
sends ou; for a quart OF milk Is apt
change goes to the 3ailcr or whoever
docs tn. errznd. Nermin OF all sorts
are the rule. rather than the excep-
ton IN county jsils. We are told. Dis
infectAnt,. sanitary precautions in
case OF illness. clean kitchens are lux
uries which seem TO have 10 place IN
the average Jail.
In fact, tho county Jail, as 4; Is now
conducted. Is one OF the worst evils
In the country. according 10 Earl Dud-
ding. head OF the P.isoners' Relief So
oiety.
Very little Is heard about Jail con-
di,ions." DR.. budding says. because
Few attacks are made against the sys-
TEN or against individual Institutions
Inmates do not dare to protest against
unfair treatment. l know OF case
in which man who fell III asked for
q doctor. Tho request was refused
When no insisted he was knocked un-
conscious and allowed TO lie on the
floor all night with a wound in his
head; So there are few protests from
prisoncrs"
You might think that ex-prison-
er would expose bad conditions. DR..
budding explains that the er-pr.soner
Is '.Jsil-b.rd." His record is against
him. Uc would have hard time
establishing case against county Of
ficlals
The few well-to-do men who infre-
euently get put into Jail do not make
complaints because they do not as a
rule see condition. at their worst.
Money Will do more IN Jail than In a
penitentiary. Tho Inmate can general.
ly get luxurles II he can pay, and the
man OF means does pay.
THIS privilege OF spending money
has been attacked as unfair to prison.
ers who cannot buy luHuries Ac-
corcinS to DR.. budding. however. the
poor men in a jail are glad to SEQ "A
wealthy man come to Join them. be-
cause his coming means that they VIII
benefit.
Generosity blossoms ou. in such In
stitutions, where there is much time
FOR thought. and little thing. become
unusually important Newspapers To-
bacco. fruit and books bought By tho
anluent prisoner are passed around
INC WHO was IN a tgCa
Jail for three months awaiting trial
for large financial theft is said 10
have spent 1900 day on himself and
his neighbors during that time. This
amount of spending Is unusual &, is
true But the wealthy man in fan can
pic would imagine.
MONEY HELPS.
II he has wealth and position a pris
oner does not undergo the hardship.
OF ordinary jail life. Even ~ he ala
not spend much money. he would be
would undoubtedly make trouble af,e--
wards Tho wealthy man who has
served hi. Jail term somehow pencr,i-
" MANAGES TO keep his social stattI.
He rs sim power TO be recognized
though he is jailbird.
Then, too, such a man ia mos. an,
to be held in a city jail, where a.
a rule there is better MANAGEMENT
than In rural districts. City insti-
tutions are visited BY many peopIe
whereas rural jail often Is not.
DR.. budding finds that people who
go to inspect conditions do not. nm
lets they are experienced, SEQ the bad
side OF jail management. II they writ
ahead to make an appointment. tho
officials are warned. and tho place is |
cleaned up when they arrive. Off
cials pilot them over the buildings and
point out the excellent order and the
cheerful prisoners.
The visitors may be asked IL they
wish TO talk with the inmates. but
with guard present, such a conver-
sation Is not revealing. For n prison or
to complain OF the food or to remark
that the table dishes had bcen washed
that day for tho first time I'm a week
could obviously result only i'm denial
by the officials and hard treatment
fss tAs unfortunate who protested The