The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-19

is drafted workshops and left alone to idle
all however he invariably
days deness in order to obtain and privileges received by
his comrades
The prison consists of tea and bread in the morning
midday meal with much prisoner for with
ration OF of meat fish, which varies from day to day
In the evening tea and bread is again served out.
The cells open all day. and in cases consist
up against the wall during the daytime These beds consist
of iron which
or saicoth pillow and blankets supplied and the prs
allowed supplement- bedding Each prs
supplied with small table pegs which hang
his clothes At the end of corridor of cells
common avatory and washing-room The beds may be let
down during the daytime if prisoner desires to rest when off
duty.
In some meals served in dining
in others prisoners select from their midst squads fetch the
food from the kitchen These squads responsible for clean
illness and the washing of utensils and the cells
At night all cells locked and warders patrol the
ridors innaf
The system of course varies slightly in different prisons
according the accommodation and arrangement of the build
ing The systematic taken to eliminate all
signs of the old prison There prisoners guard
and the prisoners their clothes They
bered but known by their startling
ure however in these is the arrangements for
guards and wardes Weapons of defense rifles
vovers swords and whips are never within the precincts
OF the prison In fact uniformed official is seldom observed
Such soldiers and militia who patrol the interior of the
P a Sho: ~ lii a. y, u9lne IN
armed although in reality they carry Mauser under their
coats The warders themselves all skilled workers and in
structors in the trade at which their working In
every working prisoners is one warder who him
self works with the either foreman instructor All
are dressed in civilian clothes and to the visitor it difficult
to distinguish warder from prisoner
is indeed remarkable sight witness large carpen
ments hammers chsels saws only two APP
pareny unarmed militia stroing among them and six
working warders These prisoners consisted of burglars
dts, and men convicted of robbery with violence.
Formerly armed warders stood every and at
the end of each corridor special guard stationed in
iron with direct communication with the guardroom,
guard him from attack
There segregation of the during working
together and one tailoring shop visit
ed by the Delegation man and who happened to be
husband and wife working at the machine
Each prison has it's cooperative shop by prs-
oners themselves The shop is stocked according to the
qurements of the prisoners goods supplied
price Clothes boots and such commodities be
featured the prison workshops supplied the store from
the prison
Political prisoners under special category They
do not follow trade neither do they earn wage Those serv
ing long term sentences are allowed separate cells which are
reasonably furnished and there restriction the
of literature they receive has, however to through
the all the receive
out Except in where solitary confinement ncorpora
cd in the they allowed free intercourse with
other at certain specified hours Although their accommoda
ton in most is of higher standard their lot generally
speaking, than that of the ordinary criminal
Political prisoners are looked upon as being ncarceraed as
danger to the public safety whereas the ordinary civilian Grim
na looked delinquent who by education and hui
name treatment can eventually be guided into the paths of
useful citizenship Political prisoners in the Caucasus
be treated than Russia their conditions leave much
to be desired and it stated differ little from those which
in vogue under Tsarist Russia.
of the prisons do the churches function there
is no religious any church
where the prisoners allowed elect their work.
shop committee for the of organizing their work. and
the cooperative stores
General Conclusions
conclusions reached by the Delegation in respect Of
public health housing the prison system, the
Soviet Government was achieving most remarkable results AL
though Russia III these matters before the Revolution
haps the most backward of European communities yet
respects already been brought to the level of Euro
standards at the rate of progress
cced before long to example that 1t to be followed
will require fairly radical reorganization in States that
present leading Europe in these matters
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