Show 1 DAILY PRISON LIFE IN THE SALT LAKE COUNTY JAIL AS SEEN BY A WOMAN Few Fen would conn connect ct tho the t term rm Jail with whit the handsome three story r red redbrick redbrick d brick edifice between n First and Second West Vest on Second South but when the of oC the tho hiack Iron eye ee catches a a. glimpse bars bar and ste l lattice over o the tho windows I. there can b hI be no mistake This Is the county count Jail built In th the heart henrt of or our brisk flourishing city and und surrounded b by gardens walks und and trees Su Surely ly lyall gait all Lake ha has hns given glnn her ier citizens cause to 10 b bt be of or the Impulse that led to thle thie OB ad well weB KB illS to numerous other Im Im- un- un pro emen IL Comparatively t few fetY w citizens visit the asylum of ot the suspected d criminal To many man p oPle t-ople even en t the h thought of or such suchA A 1 visit w would uld be unattractive e To them th thC tM Jail h III simply Imply a place where tho the criminal Is confined but from a n. moro more comprehensive point the prison i in I very interesting To th the philanthropist It affords af nf fords ford the thC rawest and crudest rud t material for his most hardest and nd mo mOt moet t labors labor To the I politician It means man too often nn an In Instrument In In- JI strument for Cor or working out hl his hili own po po- poI I I To the citizen It means a It place where here those who are arc like likely to i Interfere with wISh his pu personal welfare r Irl and i 1 property rr are confined and whore re a 11 Just and antI exact punishment la It upon I the offender To o the offender It I k I. here hero that thet he must Pt pay 7 the penalty of or his grime crime by sacrificing liberty honor and I the respect of ot hii his hll fellow citizens When the tho Sheriff Geor George e Ham Naylor aylor extended an Invitation to 10 the writer and anti patty to visit the tho Jull Jail I o wo 0 certainly felt highly honored It IL f was wa ra a moet mOlt excellent tt opportunity to toI I learn everything e about a a. prison and the f prisoners prisoner life lite It is 15 not a petty pelt task taek to handle Justly and discriminate the p. p t motley moUe crowd Every class clan of ot orr offender r from the unhardened youth to th callous cal eal 31 lous bus or ur opium fiend arc thrust upon urton the tho Jailor Jailer The discipline and contentment of ot tho prisoners the result re re- re- re 4 sult ut only of ot a B. masterly and diplomatic management was evident from the first to the last cell I You might be Interested ted In going through the Jail with me Just as we raw It ft tod today We Ve pa passed cd hurriedly the hall hail separating the Slier Slier- m. m living apartments from the prisoners prisoners' prison F ers ers' quarters to 10 the lobb lobby of ot the Jail ail where we wc were greeted h by the Sheriff L and his assistants who led the theay HI ay Into another hall Surel Surely this thin did not look very ery prison like on hut hul rather had hail the appearance of a students student's library with hooks m magazines and pictures We e now nov looked Into a n room sometimes some Bome- times call called th the tho Index to u u. hou households household's house t- t holds hold mann manner r of ot ln living the kitchen It H Is the ver very acme of ot cleanliness the tables table and floors floorA are the cr very pink of ot neatness Comparatively the are much better fed ted In this count county than they tire are elsewhere The rhe count county allows llo but bul 1 4 12 h cents per meal t thanks to tho the official the prisoners prisoner prison prison- etc ers get lIt th thy tho full b benefit nent o of this er very small maU amount You can decide for tor fory yourself from the y ura following ln menu Breakfast Corree Bre Coffee Lunch Lunch Soup Soup liver bread Dinner Potatoes Dinner Potatoes meat bread tea To Tn the Sundo Sunday dinner Is added pudding pudding pud pud- ding or pie pic and turkey for tor the holi holl- days datI The Tho prisoner looks forward to meal time lime for more reasons than one If Jt Ithe he be has haft oil been on good behavior he can An leave la hi cell ell In oat Nit at nt th the lon long table I after Iter ter w which be I Is given Iven one a halt half hours bourn exercise In the corridors There Then ThenIs Is no possible chance chalice for Cor or escape er c every everyone everyone one of ot the numerous entrances being barred d and locked and the trusties are nrc on guard shall t-shall never C forget r t tho the Immense brass le kt key with wM which n th the Jailer opened the way to 10 the rotary where we were to Interview three forty prisoners The rotary Is a huge o stool teel cylinder running run run- fling ning tram from rom base to roof root and arranged Into Inlo cells HI one above abOe the tho other and converging con con- verging to the c center Each cell Is triangular tri tn angular In shape and Is ju Just t large lafle enough nou h for Cor a. a hommock and toilet Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Some Some- times two men must occupy tho tin same ame cells cell If U no so O. O Another r hammock hommock Is deck fashion Each lach ach man mon Is la allowed four blankets blanket his wardrobe and towels Much IH done to guard against Infectious mice mice- diseases An Any article of or clothing that comes Into Inlo tho the building Is 18 taken to the room In the basement before beton the prisoner IP is ted permuted to tolee use lee It It If It the tho prisoner Is fortunate In hayIng hav hay fn ing friends who care to send him anything anything any any- thing like tobacco or fruit they are delI de de- de- de lI livered to him unless s he has been In In- In corrigible In prison life Ute er c every favor to received ed depends upon Joo good 1 behavior It If his conduct Is 18 good he Is made a n tru trusty l he lie escapes 8 the sweat box his sentence Is shortened I The gong was sounded rounded a n signal for tor er e every man In the rotary to pull In In otherwise he ho might be Injured as the tho I rotary turned on It Its axis The tort forty forty- three thre prisoners passed cI In turn It l is hi to study the f faces faces- I. I this one a youth Intelligent ent and penitent expression arouses your i. i path pathy next a n man II In the prime of or life lIo perhaps more moro unfortunate than sinful then u it rIa darky r k whose Ignorance and andl l superstition nj w doubt ar primary caU causes for fol his lis sin l and KO so on as they I la pass DaS s. s One must pity them caged like beasts to pay par tho the penalty of at crime L There is a n. large lane and airy womans woman's ward In the other wing on title tills floor floor- Today there are hut but two women In It Il tho the Jailor Jailer says there or are ni-c never very ven inan many o more Perhaps Its It's because poi policemen policemen po po- po- po i are arc not women v I noticed u tL padded cell where here the de demen demented tic tic- men are detained before beCore being committed com corn 0 mUted milled to the asylum Here one ha haggard haggard hag hag- gard woman nervously paced tho the hoer floor I The vcr very cry first and anti very la lat last t thing that Impressed me was waR the cleanliness of or the Jail I personally Interviewed every prisoner as aft to treatment and food anti and without an tn exception they k seri satisfied and contented When a prisoner Is disobedient a n. punishment al always nil ni- ni ways as follows folio usually by 11 depriving him of oC pome some privilege When the wrong l' l needs more atone severe er handling the Jailer said aid ulde Owe we e always consider the man a a. human Within ov over r a a. year we have had bad to but four men In tha the dun- dun f Eton geon On Wo We were about to leave when I asked to see nee o the box Perhaps the writer like many others had harJ the thc erroneous er ci- Idea that It must mUtt be a tight Uhl box hox r where the victim was placed mid HIHI an art Immense Immen e amount of at heat turned on on but hut butI I the tho Jailer jaller laughed and Informed me inc that It was a conducted by p. p number of oC lawyers and often orten It did didget didget get hot for tor the offender I. 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