Show Federal Ir erg ell araI at Atlanta Model One Present Home of Baner Morse Plot Not a Waldor f Astoria Ajtora t but Sanitary and Comfortable All Convicts Conics Fool Loo Alike to the Warden T Is probable that no prison In the tho I IT United States or elsewhere would furnish flanker Banker Charles W Morse I such excellent accommodations ns as I ho Is III receiving In the federal prison near Atlanta Ga which ho entered I I Jan 3 to begin servIng a of fifteen years ears upon conviction of violat violating Jn ing the national banking laws This I Institution since it was opened In 1902 I Il has haa been gaining Increasing respect as l prison It Is constructed and andt conducted upon lines calculated to 1 t prove to th the sociologist that Uncle Sam I does not entertain the tho ancient notion that punishment for tor crime should be beas as 35 severe severo as possible I The constitution of the tho United S States i 4 expressly prohibits cruel and unusual Compared with that meted out In some ot of the tho state tato prisons the punishment 00 o federal convicts at l I Atlanta is III unusual In being comparatively lIvel light but It Is not a whit more cruet cruel than the law allows In fact Warden Moyer actually tries to make things as comfortable as possible for his hili guests Guest Ot Of course the big main building wherein tho cells are aro located Is not a In appointments but neither I is t a bas tile The cells In aU I probability are aro moro health healthful CuI lodgings than the tho hotel room They aro eminently san sanitary I tar plenty of at sunlight I and fresh air being In circulation There Is running water too though whether hother hot and cold Is not specified t In the descriptions furnished There Is i ino no choice of apart ut ch ot of the tho cells cell being of oC one en feet teet eleven eleen I Inches high five feet teet ten Inches w ido eIght feet teet six Inches long There are two bunks one above the other If a prisoner has a cell mate he Is expected to be sociable but brit he Is not permitted I tl 1 c t wow f van M MT 1 I I T T V MAIN BUILDING FEDERAL PRISON ATLANTA GA 4 to converse with other convicts This model prison Is not a club after atter nil all Convicts at Atlanta have no trouble opening and closing theIr doors Those duties are done Ilone for tor them by attendants All the cell doors In u a tier open and close at once by a sort of clockwork apparatus There are five tiers of cells just the average number ot of tiers In Inan Inan an apartment house houlle In New York the home town of at Convict Moore Prisoners who are aro of good deportment have privileges but no one convict has I any privileges not shared by nn any other who behaves himself Warden arden Moyer Moer says all convicts look alike to him ex except ox the bud bad ones oneil who are made to wear stripes until they get good Tho wen well beh behaved wed prisoner r wears a suit ot of dark blue On the back of at the tho blouse or coat between the shoulders are his prison number and the letters lotters U S SP SP P meaning United States prison So Solon lon long as a convict behaves ho is 15 en entitled entitled titled to wear his hall hair according to his custom and ditto us a to hIs mustache rho maIn building once entered the tho prisoner Linda finds himself actually shut from flom the tho outside world There Is a solid stone stant wall inclosing acres Outside the wall wails lie more mora than acres or of prison territory much of at which Is cultivated b by convicts who thus help to provide their own food tood I IThe The workshops are Inside the walls The wall Is rounded all alon along the top to prevent any prIsoner eager to got get out tram from throwing a hook that will catch Sentries stalls are placed at Intervals on the tho walls steps leading up to them tram from the exterior Outside tile the cell cen building but Inside the walls Is a tent town for tor the tho hous housing ing of oC tubercular patients These men sleep In the tents where they get moro fresh tresh air than even the well von cells afford There Is a skillful surgical and medical corps Some of the tho convicts are doctors Those who are competent help the prison surgeon at operations There is no lock step In this prison The convicts march to and from Crom their meals two b by two In military manner They Thoy must stay In their cells clIs from 6 to 9 In the evening when whon lI lights are aro put out and they go to bed bedAll bedAll All day Sunday except during religious services which all are required to at attend attend tend In the big bIb assembly hall they ro re remain romain main In their cells There Thero Is a prison library or of volumes from which books mu may be borrowed at will wll From 6 to 7 each evening Is music hour Any convIct Is entitled to keep his favorite musical instrument such as n a fiddle guitar or banjo and pia play Jt it durIng that hour If he likes As there are several hundred nero negro convicts It goes without saying that theres music In the air like that way down upon the old plan plantation plantation tation ViolatIon of Internal revenue laws t takes more prisoners to the Atlanta suburb than any other crime Counter felting comes comell close second Prisoners sentenced to ten years or moro more arc aro allowed ten days off orr each month for tor good behavior This reduces the Morse sentence to ten years ROBERT RODERT DONNELL LL |