Show GRAND JURY IMPORTS or taa nul aud Ill nardi Hr noole tho the committees ot of tile the grind grand july on oa public prisons sd aid ilia balB books submitted their reports report which ire are im as follows WAY MAY esth 1870 TV to 64 tl crawl jury bartl of at third district couff utah pal 11 1 sn sion lion 4 your soar on public building and prisons beg to ro part that agreeably to your instruct lion aona to a vi it and examine the iho condition of 0 the public prison or 0 this ahi county on wednesday april they visited tho the utah penitentiary near this oily city anil and respectfully submit tile iho following statement tt of it ill condition the prison consists coDa ista of a ono story solid bolij plank structure about feet in IQ breadth nul and while and pos poll lilly fifteen hittcon act elect ia a height with the exception of ct one email emilla ard vory tory little guard room at tho ui entrance the iho prison oon pooai sista ats solely 0 f ono room la in beoh prisoners ot of all bradee ire are conf ineil indiscriminately this ibis apartment ii without vi thou 11 flooring boring beyond baiao am badly arrall ged and tit dr paving piri in wooden banks aro anro arranged around the room 01 oa which the prison ors sleep this thin ono one small email room it will bo be teea seen perr performs t be offida of a sitting eil ting wll iop wai h hintt eating end and led acil room for althe all abo criminals in corgo ot of t abe pent on tiry officers offic sri the prison atanoa upon a piece of ground from froia to t feet square which is ii enclosed by art aa abobo wall fuer feet in ia thickness ard and about abent eighteen feet in bight upon a po portion or of iho cho upper surface of chiq adobe will wall armed guards ate aro placed to woh watch tho cho prisoners when they tire arc lot let out oat or of the prison building into the eluiro niro for exercise ox or other purposes par posca tho the war wardean deas i boudo is ia a three story dory dilapidated looking adobe structure adjoining tho the wo iva found tho the 0 wall rail of the penitentiary per referred to to bo be in a very dilapidated condition being built entirely of 0 adobe abobo without capping 0 or r protection pro of any mod lied it is una gradually ily washing liing away from abe be top downwards down from two tiro or three feet down from tho the top ic is ie already a more mero crumbling or of mad fund and olay clay the extent of which with every roia min that filli falls on the wall au the was wash h from t the h a to top p is 13 strait d y d dining a in aging the moro metro solid aclid parts parla ot of the ibo wall lelow below we call attention to the fact that thai unless something ig if done to protect the tha upper portion of the wall its entire calm destruction h timple a ques q acs lion of time tima this bator wall loins being built of 0 such material is jn in itself a very poor moina moans of estoga artl from escape ol of ibo cho prisoners and only us as viewed in conjunction with wilb lh the use of armed guards uarda within or upon its in upper cm call be ba considered any kind of protection owing to the ibo dilapidated condition of tho the largest portion of the top of this inia wll wall the extent exten tripon upon which the guarni cm can patrol is 13 very limited and insufficient lor for the proper oversight slid and control 0 of tha ilia prisoners sad and it therefore so appears 1 I to a 09 hat in independent pon alit of 0 iho question of th tho p preservation r 1 1 r 1 I 1 t ion if f tho the wall atit itself it ia p r t il tint that a cn cm bid eide bly rd extent of the upper surface shoud bo be leveled and capped or otherwise rill pat ioto iota i a mit buit able condition for tho the cular pistol necessary the tha gates admitting to lo the ibo need badly badaj being a marc aero patch work of the coira cairs ettkin cot kind il 0 of carpentry ani and not only insecure but paltry in in appearance at As to the prison proper we consider it both as to bizo anti and tion for foe the tha purposes required it needs tta in addition of other oilier rooms as well as a number ol of cells in which refractory prisoners prison cra can bo be separated from tho the rest and proper discrimination affected between the various clus tleass aclus s of ct crimi liala Vola flood A solid floor ol of scale kind is also needed the present oarth hod tough rough paving beian easily removed and an Q outlet by any of 0 cort con viols riols the present amount of gro fire arms on an hand seems boeing in ia caso case ol of a revolt lor for tho tha protection ol al the ibo from fill that wo we could aso clain this thi i is deskit ate of clothing of may any kind for the use of the prisoners some BOICO of whom are ara in a destitute condition havin g no nothing thing to wear am botond what thoy they aly liiva hive besa been sol ot of on their jonir entry y our oar attention was im callad to this fact by the tha olsen of tho the prison tho the wardens Wr den howa is u tolerably for tho the anca demin dod of noih huoh a building la ili conr inspection of the promises at ahrea wo we disco aloa no proper provi morts against firo a condition very tible to a voided prison with wooden fittings it appears to a us 03 that thai it would be a very vary omy oay matter tar the to baro down that structure and oven even in the iho avont of firo to in ia toy lay other quarter or of tho the prom iao aises in ill the confusion which would bo necessarily attended upon the ibo difficulty of putting out oat a cD flaga LOCI af pf 01 ol any extent it control prisoners would bo be damoil it if not entirely impossible and then very probably escape A k la in wo we be beg to say eay that so for far aa 98 our llor ifor observing ing went tho the beveral parts of tho the prison visited visite J appeared to bo be clean claa an and d orderly slid and the various offic officers cre doing clog the best with the ho materials at their t sir I 1 command the building and an ti ap however 03 a whole wo we pronounce anco without hesitation to bo be both ins touro and for the he purpose of a public prison very respectfully lil 11 0 U ron llO errs BERTg H U moxa 11 L T B to the it lion flon franj gana jur bwy V 1 wintry esq etli foreman the undersigner undersigned under signed nod committee appointed al by the arand craod jury to exam too ino the books end aad accounts coanta ac ot the united states marshal Man resident in this city res report that they hata calef carefully birly medo mado the examination desired de siroJ an d your committee ate gat eat WWI that tile tho accounts oro aro correct and that tho the affairs of the office aro are in in a condition it 0 FACER clairm chairmen Cha irmin 0 AJIT I 1 L Gor Durita f toia corn bilt LIKE CITY may 8 6 1876 |