States. ings, including receipts from U. earn Total prison S. prisoners. Excess of expenditure. Excess of earnings. TABLE XIX.-Tabular view of State prison statistics for 1868--Continued. 240 Railroad building, manufacture of plows and wagons. Yes. 23, 941 2,813 117 132 152 Boot-making, burnishing silverware, and making carpenters' rules. Yes. * Prison leased for a term of years; no earnings for State. † Contract system to a limited extent; work done mostly on State account. + Convict labor employed chiefly in erecting prison buildings, and consequently bringing no cash income. States. Average per diem paid for convict labor. Number of hours devoted to labor. Punishment for prison offenses. TABLE XIX.-Tabular view of State prison statistics for 1868-Continued. Average length of sentences. Percentage unable to read on admission. States. TABLE XIX.-Tabular view of State prison statistics for 1868-Continued. 0.55 60.00 1.07 70.00 30.00 3.40 66.00 0.68 80.00 20.00 Massachusetts. 6. 22 0.36 90.00 3.63 80.00 20.00 88.00 3.05 88.00 12.00 80.00 1.10 None. School every Sunday morning. 68.00 32.00 1,200 Lessons by chaplain at cell door. Preaching every Sabbath. Morning and evening prayer daily in Preaching occasionally. Preaching to men a. m., and to women p. m; weekly prayer meeting and Bible class. 19.00 1,000 Reading and writing taught in Sunday Preaching, Sunday-school, and prayer school. 300 No provision of law; wife of warden gives instruction voluntarily. 63.00 37.00 2,000 Prison school two evenings per week. meeting on Sabbath; three prayer meetings during week. Preaching and Sunday-school every Sabbath. Preaching and Bible class every Sabbath; prayer meetings on Sabbath and Wednesday. Preaching and Sunday-school every Sabbath. No resident chaplain; pastors preach in turn every Sabbath. No chaplain; preaching by city pastors; Daily service of prayer in chapel; preach- Prison school one hour every Sabbath Preaching every Sabbath, first to men and morning. School 2 hours twice a week, with weekly lectures mostly of a scientific cast. then to women; also brief service in hospital; Sabbath-school. Preaching and convicts' prayer meeting every Sabbath. |