Prison Labour A Paper

Author : Ohio Bureau of Labor Statistics
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ISBN 13 : 9781330825211
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Special Report on Prison Labor, 1911 (Classic Reprint) written by Ohio Bureau of Labor Statistics and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Special Report on Prison Labor, 1911 The following report on Prison Labor covering the calendar year 1910, based on data obtained and compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is in conformity with the requirements of Sections 2244 and 2245, the General Code of Ohio Laws. The institutions enumerated are: The Ohio Penitentiary; Mansfield Reformatory; Boys' Industrial School, Lancaster; Girls' Industrial Home, Delaware; Cincinnati Workhouse; Cleveland House of Correction; Cleveland Boys' Home; Columbus Workhouse; Toledo House of Correction; Dayton Workhouse; Stark County Workhouse, Canton; Zanesville Workhouse and the Xenia Workhouse; comprising in all, four state, three county and six city institutions. The total number of inmates were 5,788, of which 5,015 were males and 773 were females. The number employed by the state and counties were 3,852; by contractors, 1,611; unemployed for sundry causes, 325. The labor of the prisons is divided into three systems; the contract system under which the labor of inmates is contracted for at a given price per day; the piece price system, under which the institution is paid an agreed price per piece for the finished product; the public account system, under which the convicts or inmates are worked exclusively for the state. The number employed under the contract system was 1,579; under the piece price system, 32, and under the public account system, 768. The number engaged in manufacture was 2,379; in agriculture, 496. and in miscellaneous work, 2,588. The number of establishments contracting for Prison Labor is 12 with an average duration of four years and eight months per contract. The average daily wage per convict engaged in the manufacture of iron-ware at the Ohio Penitentiary was 78 cents; at the Ohio State Reformatory in the manufacture of brushes and clothing, 35 cents; at the Cincinnati Workhouse in the manufacture of brushes and wire goods, 30 cents; at the Dayton Workhouse in the manufacture of brushes, 30 cents; at the Stark County Workhouse in the manufacture of wire goods, 25 cents. All contracts at the Ohio Penitentiary expired in 1910, except two, which expire in 1911. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.