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Show COiiCIS BD C000 WORK nVHIHYS Value of Services During Past Two Years Estimated at $103,103.11. REPORT IS SUBMITTED Warden Announces That Conditions at Institution Are Excellent. ( 'on let s front the htat c prison performed per-formed M".", 1 worth of labor on tho .-late li ih w a s. according to t he intimate of Arthur I 'rat t , wit rden, i u h is biennial icpoit submitted to tiui governor gov-ernor yesterday. He recommends the cn nt inuat iun of the convict labor on the roa is for the reasoiiH that it ib a signal betielit to tho -date, in having its road w ay a kept in jood condit iuu, and it i also a yreat luuietit to the pri-jn-i-rti, both in Ihe matter of health and discipline. Tho warden estimates the worth of the convict labor on a basis, of the number of hours put in at what would have been a cost to the state otherwise o f . J . '-' a das'. In J a v i s county, n n this basis, -ri'.lf.so.i.b i worth of work was done on the road-; in Washington county, r'kh'J'.e.i. 1 7 worth. The warden remarks 1 hat those who work uu the slate highways arc iveu sitfticient credit in time to induce ihem lo render faithful ser i. e. while those at the prison improte their conduct in the hope of Ih'Iii allowed to join the road workers ami tini-. reduce their sorviee time. J hi rin i; t iie bienni um jw-d closed the pris'in received ;i4i pri-oners and dts-c dts-c harmed bv expira t i-ui or sentences, pa-ioie. pa-ioie. pardon or death, .'ids. The popu hiti'in two years, ao was "7-. It i nt)W 007. Cost of Maintenance. The cost uf maintenance has been .V,hl con t s per capita per day, a shoht increase over the per capita ex-pcii-e of the previous two years, due to inerea.-rd eo.st of supplies and the extra vo.-n-e of runtii!: road camps. Needs fur I'.'l") and I'.'l'i are estimated esti-mated at $- 1 'J.1 -".o. " Of this amount 1 (.ohei is sought for general maintenance main-tenance on a ba.-is ot tid cents a ny per capita for a daily average ol '.'2 pri -oners ; 1 1 L'.OoO is needed for worn-an's worn-an's ward; $)."uu for gratuities to dU- -harmed prisoners; tor an armory, impro einents and rej-airs; oO.u tor un ice plant and milk house, and -rHOUd for sin ok e consumers for two boilers. The a j .propria t ions for t he last birnnium totaled i 1 1' 4, fop. of winch tiicre is a ba !a nee on hand now of s?4 -1.1 1 s. 1 S. j Uf the balance $ 1..1 '2.0 1 is in the; eon vie i labor fund and H-,0ri,i in the ! woman "s- ward fund, it having been j i mpos-ible to make that improvement during the la-t two ytars. j The estimated value of tho Utah -tate prison property is placed at j .-h.-.-:7i.'2- ' ! There are l.'o hooks in the prison librarv and it is prow in ; constantly. , Prisoners have every opportunity for 1 asin1 the library, a card system liein used similar to t'nc system in the public libraries. Only Eight Escapes. 1 ti the two years only 3 prisoners have ben pardoned and oo paroled; ei'ht escape ! ; one was executed, and one died. Uf those who escaped six were captured. Hur-lan is the principal offense for which men were sent to the prison, there being 1 1 1 men received for convict con-vict ion on that charge during the bi-enuium; bi-enuium; 3 men were received for nuir- ; der in the first degree and 1 for murder in the second degree; forgery was the charge against on men; robbery was th-.hari:e th-.hari:e m 4o cases; 6 for voluntary ma nslauiihter. Salt Lake county contributed 140 of the convicts received in the two years, or nearly half of the total ; ( arbon counts w as next w i t h 3 il ; W e be r county, MS, and Utah county C3. j In conclusion, the warden remarks that the discipline at the prison has I been creditable to the convicts. There j has e been no serious infractions of the rules and the punishment cells ha u ! gone unused for several years. Of the prisoners out on parole all are at work 1 and doing well. |