5 Pardoned by the Directors Discharged by order Municipal Court for non-payment of fine and costs after serving three months Died Transferred to State Lunatic Hospital Discharged on "Writ of Error " Discipline. 59 12 4 2 No change has been made in the discipline or the food of the prison during the past year. An effort, and I think a successful one, has been made to keep the discipline of the prison fully up to the standard, with as little resort as possible to punishment. Room. The number of male prisoners have been largely in excess of the number of cells during the year. An average of about thirty prisoners have been compelled to sleep in the attic over the prison; a most uncomfortable place, especially in summer, and the herding together of so many in one room has a bad effect both on the health and discipline of the prison. Work. All the prisoners, with the exception of the sick, and a few who from physical disability are unable to work, have been regularly employed. The sewing machines, of which there are thirty now running, have been pretty regularly occupied, though for a portion of the year the demand for work has fluctuated. Gas Works. 2 Both this institution and the Lunatic Hospital have been supplied with gas of good quality, manufactured on the premises, at an average cost of $1.11 per 1,000 cubic feet, for the lime and coal used in making it. Everything has gone on as usual in this department, and it is in good running condition. In this connection, I would recommend the substitution of the dry mode of purifying the gas, as being more effectual than that now used, and as producing a better quality of gas. This can be easily done, if the roof of the building should be raised about ten feet. Piggery. Enough pork has been raised to meet the consumption of it, in the house and prison, for the whole year, and there is now a surplus of sixteen barrels on hand. In addition to which the sum of $271.13 has been received from the sale of live and dressed hogs. |