Show J Lets Let's Get On With the State Prison i Project Without Any Further Delay Governor Maw has instructed the clerk of the sta state board of examiners to consult with architects for the new state prison at the Point of the Mountain and determine the minimum amount of money necessary to make the institution fit for occupancy occupancy by pring spring The governor said he hoped that enough money is available available available avail avail- able to at least make part of the new prison usable Certainly C there is need for f I action The state relative to the new prison has has been extremely dilatory in re respect pc t. t to this institution For years it has been recognized that the old prison in Sugarhouse Sugar Sugar- Sugarhouse ugar- ugar house was o outmoded and uns unsatisfactory tory Built originally in territorial days by the federal government it has long since outlived its usefulness Its location inthe inthe in the heart eart of a valuable Salt SaIt Lake City residential district is wrong Its facilities facilities ties from the standpoint of modern penal administration are h hopelessly antiquated It has been badly overcrowded for years with the result that it has been almost impossible possible in to gate hardened criminals criminals criminals crimi crimi- nals from those who can and should be rehabilitated Last Saturday there were inmates inmates inmates in in- mates at the prison a new record al although although al- al l- l th though ugh there is cell cen space for only prisoners Many have to be qu quartered in corridors Approximately oo 00 inmates under 21 years of age cannot be separated separated separated sepa- sepa sepa sepa- rated from older offenders We h have vc been talking about bout moving the prison to a new location with better and more adequate facilities for years As long ago as 1939 a work camp of 50 men was established at the selected new site at the Point of the Mountain We We were were drawing the plans then for permanent permanent permanent perma perma- nent buildings We began actual construction con con- str in 1940 Had the construction been pushed with full vigor we might have had the job completed before the war c came me along and forced suspension on of operations because of the inability to get the type of steel needed Today although the war has been ov over r mo more e th than two years the prison on still stands not more than a third completed completed com corn and n nothing has been or is being done on onit it It is time to stop fooling around on this prison project We need that new prison today not 10 years from now The legislature ture has has' appropriated for f r carrying on the job and that should go quite a ways even though it is probably not enough to fini finish h the Governor Maw says the prison is our first priority state stat construction and nd we agree with th him Lets Let's get on with it then wi without hout any anymore more delay |