that is, the cells are back to back and are separated by a utility corridor. The fronts of the cells face the east and west sidewalls. The windows in the sidewalls run practically the full height of the building. There are four on the east side, four on the west and three on the north end. The south end receives light through a number of small windows on each floor. The cellblock on the first floor is made of steel and has an inside and outside corridor. There is a shower-bath compartment in each corner of the north end. The cells are equipped with an iron hinged bed, a water-closet which extends into the utility corridor, and a set wash-basin with running water connections. The second floor is identical with the first. The third floor is slightly different. It is divided into two parts. The front part contains a steel cellblock with the utility corridor running between the backs of the cells. This section is reserved on one side for female prisoners and on the other side for juvenile prisoners. The rear section on this floor contains two hospital rooms. These rooms are quite large, and are equipped with an iron hinged bed, bathtub, water-closet and set basin with running water connections. These rooms are large enough to contain extra beds if occasion demands. The cells throughout the entire jail are designed to accommodate one prisoner in each. The chief measurements of the jail are as follows: Interior dimensions of the jail, 37 feet 4 inches by 46 feet 4 inches. Inside corridors, 37 feet by 4 feet 2 inches. The cellblock on the first and second floors, 37 feet 4 inches by 28 feet 11 inches. Cells on the first and second floors, 6 feet long by 7 feet 4 inches wide by 8 feet high. Padded cell, same dimensions as the regular cells. Cells on third floor, 12 feet long by 6 feet wide by 8 feet high. Hospital rooms on third floor, 26 feet, 5 inches by 16 feet 2 inches (3 windows in each). There are four windows on the east side and the same number on the west side three windows on the north end. The windows are about five feet, eight inches in width and run practically the full height of the building. The cellblock on the third floor is 18 feet by 29 feet. Tramp room in the basement is 16 feet 7 inches by 31 feet 6 inches. It has three small windows and a toilet compartment. Iron cot-beds are used in this section. The cooking is not done in the jail. The room in the jail known as the kitchen is 14 feet, 10 inches by 12 feet, 10 inches. It has three windows. The equipment consists of a sink with running. water connections, and store closet. At the time of inspection the inspectors found no one in charge. of the jail, the doors into the interior corridor of the jail being apparently left in charge of a prisoner. One man was locked in his cell. The other prisoners were moving in and out of the prison, several being outside the jail unguarded. Under sheriff Hall shortly appeared conducting several visitors through the jail and explaining the jail. Objection was made to the apparently unwarranted intrusion of the inspectors in the jail until it was ascertained who the inspectors were. It was quite possible in the unguarded condition of the jail for any persons to enter the jail. TIOGA COUNTY JAIL INSPECTED JULY 23, 1913, BY O. F. LEWIS AND R. M. HURD The sheriff is F. C. Daly, the under sheriff H. F. Dunham. There are also from two to four guards for the prisoners when at work outside on the county farm. On the day of inspection there were twenty-nine men and one woman of whom twenty-three men and one woman were serving sentence, one man held for the grand jury and five awaiting requisition papers to Pennsylvania. This jail received a very hasty visit from the inspectors, who were on their way by automobile to Elmira reformatory. The general condition of the jail was satisfactory. TOMPKINS COUNTY JAIL, ITHACA INSPECTED SEPTEMBER 2, 2:45 TO 5:15 P. M., BY E. R. CASS The jail is under the supervision of Sheriff Arthur T. Miller, salary of $1,800 a year. The deputy sheriff and jailer, Fred Cornish, receives a salary of $600 a year and maintenance. There is no matron employed in this jail. A woman connected with the Ithaca Police Department visits the jail occasionally. The capacity of the jail is about twenty-four, with accommodations. for about seventeen men, four women, three juveniles. Population on the day of inspection numbered seven, classified as follows: Serving sentence one, held for the grand jury six. There are two meetings of the grand jury each year, one in April and another in September. The construction of the jail permits the classification and segregation of prisoners to some degree. |