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Show CLOSE TAB KEPI UPIIPBBBIEIIS Utmost Precaution Is Necessary on the Part of the Guards. DIFFICULT TO PREVENT SMUGGLING OF WEAPONS Stringent Rules Adopted at the State Prison and City and County Jails. Few porsons realize ,iust what precaution precau-tion has to be oxcrciscd in prisons and ,iails to prevent weapons ' and implements, imple-ments, which might bo used in gaining freedom, from being smuggled in behind tho bars and prison walls for the use of tho prisoners. Tt mav scorn a bit strnngc, but less precaution has to bo used at state prisons to provent this than ?n tho county and city .inils. This is no-1 counted for by tho fact that stato prisons pris-ons arc so constructed that it would be much harder to get dangerous implements imple-ments in to tho prisoners than at county and eity .-fails. . At tho stato prison, thcro is not nearly so many men going in and out, and then the visitors arc much moro closely watched than in1 other basttlcs in the state. . , At tho Utah State prison it would be extremely difficult for anything to bo smuggled into tho prisoners whereby they could effect an escape, but those working in tho shops make man' instruments, in-struments, oC a crudo kind, that would servo a good purpose in gettiug to the outside. There aro quito a number of trusties that aro allowed to go out each dav and work nbout tho farm, and il is only those few men that have an chance lo smuggle things in to their brother prisoner. A number of times, weapons and othor things, which could bo used to got out of prison, havo been found buried iu tho earth near the prison, tho person putting it there trusting trust-ing to luck that somo trusty would find it and carry it into tho prison and use it for tho purpose it wns intcudod. Trusties Not Searched. The trusties that go out on the farm arc not searched when they arc locked up in their colls again at night, but during the day thoy aro watched very closely, and tjierc is but little chance for tfioni to conceal anything in their clothing. Regardless of the care which is exercised ex-ercised in kcepinc tho prisoners from getting things with which the' could attempt to break jjail, tho prisoners frequently fre-quently will bo found with weapons and riggings of nil kinds. At the county .iail conditions are vcrj' different. With hundreds of prisoners going in and out inoiithlVj and with many porsons allowod to go in and visit friends, and permission given to carry in food and rendintr matter many 111010 things get into tho .iail. which jailers only find when tho .iail. is searched. At short intervals, depending on tho class of prisoners confined, the county jail is ransacked from top to bottom for implements kept in hiding by the prisoners. pris-oners. When these searches take place, all tlm prisoners are taken out into the jail corridors, ons by one, each being soarched as ho goes 'out of his cell, and then every apartment thoroughly sea relied. Tt is surprising what dangerous danger-ous weapons made b.y the prisoners will be found concealed under blankets and in small crevices in tho cells. During Sheriff Emery's reign, when the jail was searched, a complete set of saws and a holder were found. The holder was of Iho most improved kind, so constructed that tho saw it held might be turned at any angle. Tlow iho saws and holder got into the posession of tho prisoner is a mystery. They might havo been smuggled in by a friend who went in to visit, or they might have boon put in through one of the rear jail windows. 4 Sheriff Sharp's Rule. Sheriff Sharp full' reali7.es the dangers dan-gers of having tho prisoners get too much food and reading matter from friends outsido and alsu of having too mauy visitors. TIo has made a rule that visitors will bo allowed in iho inside of tho jail only 011 Sundays, and then a gunrd is present during the time of the visit. On week daj's. if a friend wishes to sec a prisoner, tho latter is brought to tho jail office, whoro the interview takes place in the presence of the jailer. By so doing, the sheriff believes ho has greatly reduced the risk of. having things smuggled into tho jail. At tho cit.3' jail, ovcry prisoner is searched beforo being locked up and tho cells, in tho jail cleaned out under tho direction of a jailer, who carefully watches for. files, saws and weapons. Numerous times slug-shots and other weapons of that nature have been found. Rut bad criminals arc kept in tho city jail only a short period and they do not have time to mako an escape. But with so many prisoners of all classes going in and out of the jail, great precaution has to be taken. |