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Show PRISONERS IN UTAH RECOUNTED BY U. S. j WASHINGTON. Oct. 2 -Tho department de-partment of commerce announces that, according to returns received by the bureau of the census, the number of persons confined In prlsona Jails and police stations In the ntate of Utah on July 1. was 414. as compared with 490 on July 1. 1917. These figures fig-ures include persons awaiting hearing or trial and those held ns witnesses. lv well as prisoners serving sentence Of the total for 1922, 197 were reported re-ported for tho state prison. 146 for 16, county Jails, and 71 for ti cities. The ro'.urns were obtained in response re-sponse to ti eln uiar of Inquiry which tho bureau of the census mailed to tho various nistlt utlons. as a preliminary prelimi-nary to the complete decennial cennu of prisoners, which will be taken next year. |