side 88 feet long, and both about 46 feet wide. The sheriff's office has been temporarily removed and takes up part of the jailer's office.

The jail consists of a cellhouse of three tiers or floors of rectangular form. A kind of rotunda with steel stairway gives access on the inside to the different tiers of this cellhouse, as well as to the rooms in the "wing." This consists of a rectangular part of the building extending to the right of the rotunda. The left side of the same building contains the offices and other rooms to be described below.

Each tier of the cellhouse forms a separate floor, entirely cut off from the other floors and reached by a door opening to the rotunda stairway. The construction of these three tiers is practically the same, with but small differences here and there.

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There is a central corridor, eight feet wide, separating two rows of six cells on the first tier. The utility corridor, five feet wide, separates the cells from the outside walls. There is a corridor. three feet wide in the back and six feet wide in the front. central, as well as the side corridors, are secured by barred and screened gates, where visitors see their prisoner relatives or friends. The cells are lighted from the side and back corridors as follows:

There are five windows, approximately 2 feet 6 inches by 5 feet on each side, and two windows in the back. The light is entirely insufficient. The cells of this tier are 10 feet by 7 feet by 8 feet solid to the central corridor but entirely open to the utility corridor, except for a space of two feet on the top where the lever system for simultaneous opening is installed. Walls, floors and ceilings are of steel, and oil painted. The doors slide and are solid, opening to the central corridor.

The equipment consists of a water-closet, washstand with running water and a set basin of castiron, not neat because of the apparent use of some acid that had worked upon the castiron material. There are two iron bunks to each cell, hung from the wall, of unusually large size, that is, 2 feet 6 inches by 6 feet 6 inches. The bedding consists of a straw mattress, pillow, blanket, sheet, pillowcase.

The ventilation is natural and apparently adequate. There was no jail odor noticeable at the time of the inspection. The cell floors on this tier are two or three inches above the floor of the corridor. One of the twelve cells is used as a bath cell.

The second and third tiers are located immediately above the first tier, but extend over and beyond the first tier, covering what is a corridor on the first floor. There are fourteen cells on each of these tiers, somewhat smaller than the others, being 10 feet by 6

feet by 8 feet. They are of similar material except for the floor, which is concrete; also only four feet of their width is open to the outside or utility corridor. One of the fourteen cells is used as a bath cell on each tier.

Besides this cellhouse there are five rooms containing three cells each in the "wing" which, together with the rotunda, forms the base of the letter "L," of which the cellhouse is the longer member. The cells in these rooms are arranged in a solid mass with corridors all around them, varying from 3 feet 4 inches to 3 feet 6 inches in width. Three ordinary-sized windows on the side opposite the cells, and one window at the back of the room gives fairly sufficient light. The cells face a wall with three windows. They are openbarred for four feet of their width and for all but two feet of their height. These two feet are latticed. There is a space of two or three feet between the top of the cells and the ceiling of the room. In addition to the window ventilation, direct circulation of air is ensured by a register covering a hole directly through the wall in each of these rooms. The cells are 9 feet by 6 feet 6 inches by 8 feet.

The entrance floor contains the jailer's and sheriff's office, the lobby or entrance hall, and the floor of the rotunda, separated by bars from the entrance hall.

On the floor above, the space corresponding to the entrance hall and the offices is utilized as follows: One solitary cell, one of the regular three-cell rooms and one hospital-room. The solitary cell is very well lighted, heated and arranged. The hospital cell proper is 10 feet by 11 feet 9 inches by 8 feet high, with a bath 5 feet by 5 feet 3 inches by 8 feet immediately adjoining. The front wall of both hospital-room and its bath consists of vertical bars giving an entirely open front of about seventeen feet to a corridor lighted by three windows, 2 feet 6 inches by 6 feet. The room contains two iron beds placed on the floor, washstand, dresser, and chair. The floor is covered with linoleum.

There is one bath cell on each tier of the cellhouse. The tubs that were used in these have just been removed, and showers to replace them are being installed.

The capacity of the prison is as follows:

First tier, for court prisoners, II cells, capacity 22.

Second tier and third tier, for tramps and sentenced prisoners, 26 cells, capacity 52. Five 3-cell rooms for women and minors, etc., capacity 30.

Hospital, capacity 2.

Solitary cell, capacity 1.

Total capacity 107.

Of the five cell-rooms, two are at present used for trusties, one for women, one for storage and one for nothing in particular. On the day of inspection there were as follows:

Awaiting trial..

Serving sentence, including those committed for intoxication.
Held for grand jury...

Tramps and "drunks

Meetings of the grand jury take place four times a year. Clothing is provided to sentenced prisoners, and to others when necessary. The articles thus given would be overalls, underwear, socks, shirt, jumper, shoes.

There is no control over the bathing of the prisoners. They may bathe as often as they choose but no record is kept. Hot water supplied in the winter only.

Court prisoners are exercised in their corridors only. Sentenced prisoners work on maintenance duty and on stone breaking. The quarry is situated some distance from the jail and prisoners are taken there chained. They work from 8 A. M. to 12, noon, when they return for dinner and are back at work from I P. M. until 5 P. M. The jailer stated that there is work enough for as many as are available. A minimum of twelve is required for domestic work. The stone is bought by the county, broken by the prisoners, and given at no charge to villages and towns.

Sentenced prisoners eat in the "dining-room" in the basement. Court prisoners get their food in the cells through the opening in the cell door while the corridors to the cells are locked. After receiving their food the cell doors are opened and the prisoners may eat on the corridor locked at either end. The dishes used are tin. The bill of fare for a week would include the following: Breakfast: Rolled oats, bread and coffee twice per week. Potatoes, bread and coffee five times per week.

Dinner:

Supper:

One day, bolognas, potatoes, bread and coffee. Another day, pork and cabbage, potatoes, carrots and turnips, bread and coffee, or bean soup and pork, bread and coffee; or boiled beef, potatoes, bread and coffee. The other days the same bill of fare is repeated. There is no regular order, and the four above named are merely samples. Onions, mashed potatoes and milk vary the menu.

Bread, coffee and potatoes every day.

The daily routine calls for rising at 6:30, breakfast at 7:00, work between 7 and 12, dinner between 12 and 1, supper at 5, lockup at 8, lights out at 9 in winter, 10 in summer.

The rest of the physical plant of the jail is briefly the following: The basement: Laundry with three stationary washtubs, with shower under construction and toilet; boiler supplying steam for jail, county clerk's office and sheriff's residence, and hot water in the winter (a boiler to heat water in the summer has been contracted for, but without set time limit so that it is still incomplete); coal bin with 100 tons capacity. The roof is slanting, contains the flues for ventilation, and the water tank. It is covered with slate. There is one fire extinguisher in the entrance hall. The building is fairly fireproof.

The jail physician, T. G. Hogan, of 29 Main street, calls three times a week and on call.

The officers of the jail are as follows:

I matron (sheriff's sister), per day when inmates are present.

The jail seemed in good condition, has the proper facilities for segregation, but seems to be hopelessly dark. The following recommendations are strongly urged:

RECOMMENDATIONS

(1) The jail yard surrounded by a wall approximately 30 ft. high, should be made secure by repairing or replacing the present rusted and broken door, and used for the exercise of court prisoners. These get no exercise or real fresh air at any time, a condition that cannot be exaggerated.

(2) A laundry should be installed, both for economy for now a commercial laundry must be utilized and for the sake of better facilities for keeping the prisoners clean. (3) Crockery should be used instead of tinware.

(4) The completion of the hot water heater should be pressed.

(5) A padded cell should be constructed.

(6) Prisoners should not be chained when going to work on the stone pile. Two guards ought to be sufficient protection.

(7) The washstands and water-closets should be replaced by new ones.

(8) One of the three cellrooms should be used as a reception room for all new admissions.

(9) A record of the daily census with its subdivisions should be kept and filed.

ONEIDA COUNTY JAIL, ROME

INSPECTED AUGUST 19, 1913, 3 to 6 p. M., BY E. R. CASS This jail was erected in 1882. It is under the supervision of Deputy-sheriff John A. Collins, salary $800 a year and maintenance. Mrs. Collins acts as matron, salary $400 a year and maintenance.

The population of the jail on the day of inspection numbered twenty-nine, classified as follows: Eight men serving time, one woman serving time, seventeen men held for the grand jury and three juveniles held for the grand jury. There are three meetings of the grand jury each year in this county, held in the following months: January, June and October.

The jail is heated by steam, and is poorly lighted and ventilated. The floors are of concrete, the inside finish of brick, the outside of stone. The roof is flat and "A" shaped with a covering of felt, pebbles and tar. There are five windows on each side of the jail and two on the north end; dimensions of the windows, 10 feet by 2 feet 8 inches. The plumbing is not modern and is in poor condition; the drainage is into the town sewerage system, and the water supply and electricity for lighting are taken from the town.

The main floor of the jail has inside dimensions of 60 feet by 40 feet. It has a solid stone cellblock 40 feet by 20 feet; two tiers on each side of the cellblock, five cells on a tier. The cellblock is distant 8 feet 4 inches from the sidewall. Access to the second tier is by means of a wooden stairway which leads to a gallery, the gallery having a wooden floor. On each end of the cellblock there is a partition running from the end of the cellblock to the end walls.

This separates the east side from the west side. There is a watercloset, a set basin and a bathtub on the north end of each side; there are no toilet accommodations or set basins with running water connections in the cells. The bucket system is used.

The dimensions of the cells are 7 feet 6 inches by 7 feet 8 inches by 10 feet; stone walls, stone floor, stone ceiling, walls and ceiling coated with paint. The cell doors work on hinges; the cell fronts.