The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-17

NOW ABOUT PRISONS
 The heads of many prisons hold their jobs Ninply because they are willing to donate as high as fifty per cent of the salaries to the state political maSAine Almost 70 per cent of the Inmates of Sing Sing were newsboys when they were younger Contrary to popular belief, convict haircuts" aren't giv- en as punishment or to distinguish prisoners from men on the outside, but simply as a precaution against Ivermin .. One of the strictest rules at Alcatraz is the rule about fool. The food is served cafeteria style, and there's plenty of 1t. The rule, however, is. "Take all you want-BUT eat all you takel"
 A favorite trick used by prisoners to get into the hospital is to inject gasoline into their legs subcutan- eously. It causes fester and creates fever.) .. Alcatraz prls- oners aren't even permitted to have @ photograph on the walls of their
 
 and must be perfectly bare) :, There is a prisoner at AlcatraZ named Warden. (fIis first name is Walter.) .. The toothbrush was invented by a convict. Civilian Ad- dis, who was sentenced to Newgate Gaol in the 18th century for talk ing part in a riot, invented the toothbrush while sitting around in jail.)
 It Is better to be sentenced to life Imprisonment than to receive a 25 year sentence. (On a life sentence. you can get paroled after doing seven years. On a twenty-five year sentence, you must do a minimum of ten years before being eligible for parole) i. It is felony to play cards. including Bridge and Whist, in parts of Texas. (The natives get around it by playing games with dominoes.) ... Convicts make pretty penny by subscribing to sex magazines and renting them to fel- low prisoners A game called Persian Roulette" is popular among women prisoners. Each girl puts something on table and cat is released. The girl to whom the cat goes gets everything. (The game was started with a Persian cat, hence the name.)
 Once a month is Commissary day in prison. and convicts get what ever supplies they need. On that day, they pay their debts to each other. (Its also known as Dog Eye Day, Black-Eye Day and Sluggers Day, because most prison murders occur on that day as the result of unpaid debts) Prisoners in early Philadelphia jails weren't fed by the city. (They hung baskets out of the windows of their cells and passersby dropped in food) Tn New York state, single men are murdered about seven times as free quently as married men. (And mar ried women are murdered twice as often as single ones.)
 AlcatraZ prisoners aren't permitted 10 write any diaries or stories to take out with them when they leave The Rock There are no armed guards inside the walls of Sing Sing The sacks turned out in the juts mills at San Quentin are ac- tuaiiy worth less than the cost of the ray jute (after labor costs are deducteD When money is found on a prisoner, it is confiscated and turned over to the library fund When guards want to get rid of an objectionable prisoner. they usually put him into an open, iso- lated cell at night, remove his clothes and play hose on him. Gle invariably dies from pneumoniao Some African tribes demand that a | murdered create new life to make up for the one he has taken. (They | make him live with female rela- tive of the victim until q baby IS l