athletics in general. Entertainments take place occasionally, given by the inmates themselves. No provision for daily exercises is necessary as there is a considerable amount of outdoor occupation. for every prisoner.

The following gives a brief synopsis of the library:

Greatest demand for fiction.

Books are exchanged twice every week.

Three hundred inmates out of 500 draw library books.

Three inmates are employed in library (one librarian, one assistant and one book binder) under the supervision of the chaplain, Rev. Charles E. Hamilton.

Two hundred and fifty volumes were recently donated by Mr. Andrew Carnegie. The State subscribes for about one hundred different current magazines and periodicals. All inmates enjoy the benefit of these magazines. They can draw them from library, one at the time, to be kept not over two days.

The school, at the time of inspection, was not in session. The building now occupied for administration purposes is ultimately to be used as a school building. The teaching staff consists of one chaplain in charge and six inmate teachers; the pupils number between 120 and 130. There is a considerable amount of individual teaching going on at present while the school is not in session. The textbooks and other school needs are provided by special appropriations, as are the books for the library, also chosen by the chaplain. The appropriations for the last named purpose during 1912 were about $500.

Religious services are held in the temporary chapel, consisting of two rooms opening into each other. Services are held once or twice a week. The following chaplains are employed: Rev. Charles E. Hamilton is the resident chaplain, also its school director and correspondence censor. He attends daily, and receives a salary

of $2,000. Father Dowd is the Catholic chaplain, receiving $500 per annum, and Rabbi Laschner, the Jewish chaplain also receives $500 per annum. The two latter are not resident.

Among philanthropic organizations and persons interested in the prison, and visiting it for various purposes, are the New York Prison Association, the Jewish Protective and Aid Society, Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth, Father Lynch and others.

The prison represents the first extensive use of the "honor system in New York State, and its workings and results are followed with considerable interest. The chief recommendations for the prison would be an extension of its activities in forestry, road building, quarrying, intensive farming and stock raising, for the purpose of transferring as many as possible of the Sing Sing prisoners to the more sanitary and invigorating life possible at the Great Meadow prison.

THE MATTEAWAN STATE HOSPITAL, MATTEAWAN

INSPECTED BY E. R. CASS, 9:05 A. M. TO 4:30 P. m., Sep-
TEMBER 24, 1913

This hospital is used for the purpose of holding in custody and caring for such insane persons as may be committed to the hospital by courts of criminal jurisdiction, or transferred thereto by the State Commission in Lunacy, and for such convicted persons who may be declared insane while undergoing sentence of one year or less, or for a misdemeanor at any of the various penal institutions of the State, and for all female convicts becoming insane while undergoing

sentence.

The staff consists of Dr. R. F. C. Kieb, medical superintendent; Dr. B. R. Webster, assistant physician; Dr. J. H. Blauvelt, assistant physician; and Dr. G. A. Sharp, medical interne.

The number of employees in each of the various departments is as follows:

Financial department.

Ward service (this includes supervisors, nurses and attendants)

6

118

2

20

9

2

7

7

IO

2

The population on the day of inspection numbered 862; 712 of these were men and 150 were women. There were 416 employed, and 446 idle. The number of employed were divided up as follows:

The inmates are allowed outdoor exercise two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon; 631 of the entire number of inmates were permitted to exercise out of doors on the day of inspection. Other means of entertainment and recreation are as follows: Cards, dominoes and chess (these means are usually resorted to during the winter season), moving pictures and concerts. Additional amusement is rendered by transferring a phonograph from ward to ward. Baseball and handball games are also indulged in by the patients and attendants; teams from the north and south side of the institution compete for the supremacy.