Show THE GRAND JURY makes a report ol 01 f its doings and is discharged the grand jury came into court this morning momma and presented a final report after which the jurors were discharged the report is as follows GRAND JURY ROOMS BOOMS SALT LAKE CITY february 1888 to uie the honorable judge of the third judicial district court we the grand jury selected for the february term of the third judicial district court for the year 1888 having completed all the business so far presented to us submit the following report f zetave we have been in session fifteen 15 da s a that time considered seven ty ve and examined one hundred and eighty four 11 14 witnesses of these cases thirty nine 89 39 were united states and thirty six dix 8 W territorial rit orial we have found and returned to the court clity eight 58 indictments thirty four 34 were united states cases and twenty four 24 territorial rit orial cases and have ignored seventeen 17 cases of which five 5 are ake united states slates and twelve 12 19 territorial THE penitentiary we have as iq ii customary visited officially the utah penitentiary and found the institution running as well as could be expected with its limited accommodations and dilapidated buildings buil dinga we became at once convinced that the new structure now nearly completed and tor for which the appropriation of was made by the forty eighth congress will be entirely inadequate for the present number of inmates we ve realize the importance of additional buildings such as a duplicate of tile the new cell wing and cells now be being dug constructed a suitable building for the accommodation of female prisoners necessary quarters for the use of the warden guards guaida and other employed emp loyes the construction st of a school house and chapel the erection of a hospital tor for the care of the sick and tl tle e enlargement of the grounds the tearing down of the old adobe wall enclosing the penitentiary and the building of ii a good substantial rock and brick wall in lieu aber thereof deeming these improvement improvements of so much importance we have taken the liberty to address a letter to the honorable secretary of the interior on the subject urging the immediate attention of Congi congress Fess and the appropriation of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars A copy of said letter accompanies this report THE INFIRMARY we are the first grand jury that has visited the county poor house or infirmary fir mary the discipline and condition of which must have our hearty approval the institution is a clean orderly wits with ample accommodations and is a credit to the county and its officers THE CITY JAIL J UL the city jail ail and bull ball pen is a disgrace to this community and unfit for the incarceration of et human beings we sav this without any discredit to the officials in charge who are doing their best under the circumstances the sanitary arrangements are particularly bad and unhealthy we understand plans ans are already made for the erection of jl ft new city jail the speedy completion of which ich we earnestly recommend end to the attention of the new city council THE COUNTY JAIL the old county jail is not improved in any respect since the visit of our predecessors it is simply a horrible place of contin confinement ement and cannot be vacated too soun for the health of the inmates the th new county jail is acarina completion and we are informed will be ready for occupancy towards the end of march A all I 1 of which i is respectfully submitted B G 0 Fo foreman rewan SEW BUILDING wifred WAN wix 1 ED rED the following is a copy of the letter sd addressed dressed to the secretary of the interior asking for further additions to and improvements at the penitentiary GRAND JURY BOOMS third Dist flet court salt lake city feb aj to the hon secretary of the interior I 1 washington D 0 sir the grand jarv of the february term of the third judicial district court of utah accordance with the usual custom visited the utah penitentiary near salt bait lake city on the dinst and find on examination that the appropriation niada liy by the forty eighth boug congress gress of the U S of fifty thousand dollars has been exhausted exhausts d in the erection of a build building lu for the use of the prisoners a dining room kitchen bath room and bakery for same the bunding when finished will accommodate 1 40 persons by put tine two in each cell these cells being only five feet wide seven devou ceils feet eat long and seven feet high are not largo large enough and are not intended to contine more than one person at a time while the confinement of tv 0 men in a cell at the same time which when completed the officers will be compelled to do will not only endanger the health of the prisoners abut bat is contrary to the usual mode of caring to foi them tham in all other cities of the united states or other civilized countries the total number at present confined in the old dilapidated quarters Ili arters is the old buildings 4 and officers quarters are absolutely unfit for occupancy and should be torn down and replaced by permanent modern structures FEMALE PRISONERS there is no provision whatever for the carp care and comfort of female prisoners the shanties now to in use for this purpose are unfit for their accommodation the officers quarters are fiven worse than the old bunk house bouse occupied by the prisoners are small with low ceilings poorly ventilated and entirely inadequate for the number of guards and other employed emp loyes A school room and chavel are greatly need needed e d 1 for the u use a a of the prisoners which chic h should be p provided at once NEW WALLS NEEDED the walls surrounding the penitentiary are built of adobes acobes are old and dilapidated of in insufficient height worn and aad crumbling and dang dangerous eross to toe the life and limb of the guards whose watchfulness and winchester rifles are all that keep desperate desecrate prisoners from escaping these walls are next to no impediment to the ordinary jail breaker and were it not for the vigilance of the guards w general jail delivery would occur the steady increase in the number of prisoners confined in the institution renders its enlargement enlarge meat absolutely necessary the tee present enclosure covers about an acre of ground while from two to three acres in ino 0 ir edg judg ment are necessary the marshal of the territory to la coos constantly tautly requesting the three district distrct judges to defer the sentence of prisoners ablong as long as possible as the present quarters are good for little mote iloie than shelter and are crowded beyond their capacity there is no BO hospital with the institution ution a necessity for which was made apparent to us by the confinement finer neut of f a person sick in a bunk book bouc 0 e occupied by 48 other prisoners and there does not seem to be any way to quarantine say any case of infection or other ether d disease 0 wing owing to the present limited quarters t lie we therefore recommend and urge the appropriation of at it 1 sat ast the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars tor for the following purposes first for the erection of a duplicate of the cell wing and cells now BOW nearly completed second for the w emotion of suitable buildings tor for the accommodation of female prisoners third for the erection of quarters quarte re necessary for the use of the warden and guards and other employed emp loyes ot ol the prison four h forthe and ch completion 0 ra of a and chapel a el fifth hith for the tearing down of the old adobe wall enclosing the tae prison the enlargement of the grounds inside thereof and the building of a sub a ta D bial rockwall rock wall or rock and brick wall twenty feet high sixtan for the erection of a hospital for the care of the sick the expenditure of the sum num asked for would place the institution in proper condition and remove from the sight of american citizens what is now a standing disgrace to the government of the united states A ground plau plan of the buildings absolutely necessary is transmitted herewith very respectfully B G foreman J H WOODMAN clerk FRED BENNETT D BRI brinzow BRiN Toy T BURTON JR WALTER DAVIDSON SMITH Eli ENGER robbrt SCOTT N A SCRIBNER V F RHODES CHAS W WATSON ISAAC J ELKINGTON HILL J WILLIAM A J HORNE |