Show PRISON government discipline in a california main tallied on Stomach ical basis bail to those who are unacquainted with the methods of prison discipline a visit to the branch prison at folsom is full of interest to see the six hundred prisoners at work in and around those quarries one wonders by what means men who are arc convicted of all crimes known to our laws behave so excellently and work with a degree of industry that would be creditable creditable to any walk of life six hundred men unchained outside of the prison walls with nothing to indicate that th at they were prisoners except their striped felons suits working 0 away with a will performing an honest days labor and apparently proud of th the result of their toil is 1 1 sight to the visitor totally ot ally unexpected men who never in ili a free state did an honest days work forgers burglars highwaymen murderers vie with each other to see sec who can do the most and strive to and do accomplish as good work as that turned out by free skilled labor these men are of all ages alges from a youth of sixteen to men bowed down by three score years and ten men whose sentences raap range 0 from one to fifty five years while 0 others have been sentenced for life what is still more ic i cinar kable the I life timers as they I 1 i 0 called ire are said to be the most con 1 tinted awl best workers and those alia vho are am in a free state are lazy indolent lent and averse to labor of any kind ire are the most reliable reli alile and industrious the secret of all this is the fact that the quality and service of their food and alid the limited privileges they enjoy v a dependent upon their behavior and uie the amount and quality of the labor they perform the eating department i of the prison is divided into three grades and is designated Z by the prisoners 0 as the bear bean table bull beef and mutton chop the dining room for the phebean bean table is fitted up with tables consisting of a single board about ten inches wide upon which about every three feet is securely nailed a tin dish containing pepper and salt the beans and other rou rough h food are served on tin plates and knives and forks are not provided the food is wholesome but it must be eaten in the most primitive style and the prisoners are not allowed to speak to ono one another during mealtime meal time all new prisoners are placed at the bean table and it is not until their excellent conduct and industry commends them to the management that they are arc promoted to the 1 bull beef table here the fare is more varied the prisoners are seated at tables furnished with wholesome beufve beef vegetables 0 eatables etc this is quite a step in advance of the bean table I 1 and nd man many prisoners never get beyond it ali the mutton chop i table is the height of the prisoners ambition here lie he is seated at a regular dining table lie has a full complement ot of I 1 dishes di though 0 all are of tw ta he has a knife and fork the table is furnished with casters he has mutton stew stewed beef meats in variety vegetables in season and is allowed to converse freely with his fellows itis it is a distinction he is proud of one that he has worked hard to obtain and one that lie ho will maintain no matter how hardtle hard the struggle 0 the prisoners prisoner sare are treated kindl kindly y the mutton chop men are shown great consideration by the officers and from this class little or no trouble is experienced for an infraction of the rules sends them to the bean table from which they find it difficult to again obtain what they have lost sacra sacramento liento record ecord It |