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Pmiwwuhy St4ti»itc5. From the Report of Superintendent R«i»roui to Got. £»BILL, lor tho qawter oommoceioc Uot. let, 1858, «.od ending Feb.-Bth. IBaa, w*learn that there are now m the liUooie S Penitentiary 602 eonvicts-diBWsbatedai’foUovre:At Alton — Males......................***« . lt;« Fomftlos— .......-—— 4VlAt Joliet—Malea.........................tt « FeinaleB...-................”.. ™qAt Jacksonville,. ............... .' • £02A^the commen cement of tie quarter tb«o were 013 ooov'ct, ol wfcom C w«rofemale-. Dcing tUe mouth of December last 41 were received; 17 wore discharged bv oxjisrtttion Of term of sentence, 6 *ere purdonod, 3 es. ospod, 1 was sent lo the Insana A*?10”** and 1 died-® eking the total number ofconvicts at the end of the month 0*8.•During tho month of J ami art -0 were received; 23 were discharged, 4 trorepar-donod, 1 w*s son4 t0 llte k,8iM‘® Asylum, ud 2 died—making the rtotcl number of convicts at the end of il.O month Mb.During the month of February .,3 ware received; 12 were discharged, 8 were par-dosed, and 2 escaped—making tho tota‘ number of convicts at the ond of tho month fi59Save the Report: “Tho two convicts sent to Jacksonville during the quarter, end onepreviously thoro, though rookooed awlt;™Ethe discharged, aro *tiR » tb* Cf tody of the law, and should bo added to the above, malting a total of 662 convicts.It further says Lbftt ono hundred celk ha.e been completed in the new building ut Jgh-et and will be occupied during the present mpntbi a.od that it is the intention Ol tho Warden to remove fifty conracis from Alton to Joliet during this manth. Tho huulth of both prisons stated to he very good—only 4 bring under medico* treatment hercs anti‘;Sie Report concludes by calling attentionto the out of on® of those eent to Jack*, ■onvillu* It appenra that ho was insanewhen he reached tU6 Penitentiary, insaneWfceu tried for his offenc e-larceny—and iDiane for year* previous- He wad heat frriW Oook county—his real condition beinz, probably, unknown or urerlooked at the time of his oonrictioo* “It'aeems to xue, lays the Superintendent, ‘'that some moans ouzhttn be provided by life friends for Us support, pr he bo discharged fran custo-
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Alton Weekly Courier
Alton, Illinois, US
Thu, Mar 17, 1859
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