Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-09-22
OUR STATE PRISON,

O. ."iH'iS>h RECORDS Kept at the
State Prison show that men between
!he ages of 20 and 80 years are more
'iabie to err than their younger or
eiuer brothers. In the last fiscal wear
lherc were admitted 12O men be-
tween the ages of 10 and 90: 4i3 be-
tween the ages of 20 and 30 and 2I1
between the ages of 80 and 40 wears.
Inc record for the past wear
Shows that. while the majority Of
men admitted were married. fbc
'naJoritN of the women admitted
were single. There were 1876 mar
r!rd and l21 single men and l3 sin
gle women admitted to the prison
curing That period. The greater
number Of those admitted to the
prison IN Il single wear have u COM
mon school education. Among tbc
men admitted had collcyiatc edu
cation. % high school eduction
""S common school education. 900
more were able to read and write
ana lSl were illitcrate. OF the wo-
men admitted. s had high schol
education, % common school. Q
were able TO read and write and 8
were liilterate. Approximately so
per cent of those admitted to the
state prison during the past year,
or 4o3mcn, were natives of West
virginia. Virginia was the native
state of 1O8; Ohio, 45; Kentucky
~; pennsylvania, 33: North Caro-
INA, 80. and % came from Poland
VI the women admitted, ~ were
natives of the state, 7 from Ohio. )
from Maryland and 4 from Virginia,
kanawha county led all other
counties of the state in the number
OF prisoners sent to the penitcnliarv
nuris the year ending June 80, 1922
hanawha sent 1O7; Cabcll. 73; Fav-
{ cite, o9; Harrison, 81; Mcdowell,
~; Raleigh, ~; Marion 43: Wood.
3S; Mercer and Ohio counties 81
each. kanawh county also had the
largest number of those confined in
tl:e penltcntiary on June 80. last
kanawha had 173 inmates: Nc
Dowcll, 100: CabclI. 1903: Favritc.
W; Harrison, 93; Marion, SO: Raj
clSh 81: Wood. 80. and Mercer 81.
Among the prisoners who were adj
united last year there were 252 who
ocSlSnatrd their occupations as lab
orerS. 23I miners, 142 farmers, ~
chauifeurs. 81 tcamstcrs. 20 rail
readers and 20 mechanics.
drand larceny was the most COM
mon or all fclOnicS for which Dris
ohcrS were sent to the prison dur
ing the last year. The records show
246 ADMITTED for grand larceny, 19f
Tor moonshining. 7S for forgery. Sc
Tor breaking and entering, So for
iIrsf degree murder, ~ for second
degree murder, 33 for unlawful
wounding, 80 for burglary and 41
for malicious woundino. During
the biennial period for which War
den Terrell made his report five
men were sent to the prison for exc
cutlOn. l04 received one wear, 1913
received two years. 81 received ten
years, nine received Is years and
81 were sent UP for the remainder
of their lives.
Upon admission TO the peniten-
| tlary all inmates give their religious
denominations. Those who were
admitted during the two wears were
Baptists. $40; Methodists, 800:
Il az. Pres
bytcrianS, l6; United Brethren, %:
Lutheran, 13: Church Of Christ. 13;
Episcopal, !; jewish, 3: and ia en-
pressed no affiliatiOn with churches
During the one year 42,979 letters
and AL packages Of parcel post
matter were mailed from the pcni-
tcntiary and 45.72S letters and l.
O39 parcel post packages were re-
ccivcd and distributed from the
prison post office. A huge increase
in the number Of parcel post pack
ages received at the institution was
evident during the month Of Dcccm-
Der, indicating that the relatives and
friends of the inmates in their soil
tudC ut Christmas.
1nrrc were fl deaths in the DrS-
on during the two years. five Of
which resulted from the execution
Of the death sentence and one from
a Sclf-impOscd hunger strike. Only
one inmate died as the result Of tu-
bcrculOSiS.