Report Of The Board Of Inspectors Of The Rhode Island State Prison With The Accompanying Documents For The Year 1874

Author : Rhode Island State Prison
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332278186
Total Pages : 38 pages
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Download or read book Report of the Board of Inspectors of the Rhode Island State Prison, With the Accompanying Documents, for the Year 1874 written by Rhode Island State Prison and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of the Board of Inspectors of the Rhode Island State Prison, With the Accompanying Documents, for the Year 1874: Made to the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, at Its January Session, A. D. 1875 The Prison and Jail, in common with other similar institutions, throughout the country, have very sensibly felt the influence Of the commercial depression, which has existed for the last fifteen months. Yet the Inspectors are able to report a surplus of for the year. The contract which was made with Mr. William Sweeney, in 1873, still continues in force, by which the Prison receives 75 cents per day for State Prison men, and 40 cents per day for Jail men. According to the terms of this con tract fifty men are employed in finishing furniture. The contract made with Mr. Harding H. Fenner, in September, 187 3, has been renewed for two years from the first of October, 1874. Accord ing to the terms of this contract, twelve men are employed in the weaving and manufacture of wire goods, at the rate Of 80 cents per day. The remainder of the prisoners have been more or less actively employed in chair seating, but at very low rates of com pensation. It has been thought beneficial to the prisoners to keep them constantly at work, even if their labor produced little or no pecuniary profit. The Inspectors and Warden have been desirous Of saving the men from the evils of idleness, as much from a con sideration Of the discipline of the Institution and the moral im provement of its inmates, as from the desire Of relieving the State from the burden of its support. 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.