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DEXCiXU22?/.- , IS57-i a great ametlour liI a very jroatness dly tend-oucbt of igjaladon i- in’ each tion was probably •ark that ny znect-; for the m found t this 13 il ! elision ; out ione but ted upon j short to dclibera-t in any perous a to enjoy l-adviaed istitution ly to sit and pay asonabloi already ess thaniasaed. s will lay, and lore willvoyuge. hundred uriog the don, be-i Senate Che only led of atjcuaston, titles— must be ik, under wares to hostility. iat bills t passed ed upon d or two reactedOT0KESDAY MORMNG, FEBRUARY 4.1/fVl HflVTHE STAT^ PESITENTIAET.Tho Report of fchp: Inspectors, Warden j Ac., of the Illinois State Penitentiary^ for the joara ,lS55 and 185G; has just been issued from the Courier job office, and front it wo condense thefoUowSng statement of its pr esent position mid management.•\ Tho Inspcctor^-rtport; is chiefly occupied with the fiscal VOalra. of thafc Institution.— TJoder . thb’het of IS55,‘which appropriated $35,000 for the .purpose, one hundred and four new colls have been erected, at an expense of $31,200 for tho whole. Other improvements and additions hitvo been made, amounting to s or oral thousand dotlaxs, showing a balance of tho appropriation of $42,50.Tlie Inspectors recommend tho pavement of a • portion of the yard, as conducive to the comfort and health of the convicts, fn wet weather portions of the prison yard are almost impassable- • Additionalcellsare also needed, as the rate of increase of the convicts has been so great that, the prison is now full and crowded. They say to properly provide for the present number of convicts would require the erection of two hundred and nineteen additional cells. On this account they recommend the building of another penitentiary—a I iTgc ono in tho northern part of the State, which will supercede the present one. They gay, the presentprison, while it cannot be enlarged, willcost os much to maintain it as if its limits wore much greater, Its working capacity being out of proportion to its annual cost. Tho present prison grounds, having become very valuable, could he sold for a sum that would go-far towards the erection of a new prison upon a better and much more extended scale, saying nothing of throwing open valuable property to the business enterprise of the people of'Alton, and iak-iife away from.thoir doors a competition in various branches of mechanical labor with which they cannot successfully compete.The Warden, S.. A. Bcckhastks, Esq., states that at the date of. his last report,
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Alton Weekly Courier
Alton, Illinois, US
Thu, Feb 05, 1857
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