People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1894 — IN THE PRISONS. [ARTICLE]

IN THE PRISONS.

Idaho has 132 convicts, all males. Michigan has 563 convicts, all males. The convicts of New Hampshire number 187. Maryland has 674 convicts, of whom 497 are unmarried. California convicts each cost the state 32 cents a day. The cost of prison subsistence in Colorado is 11 cents a day. Nevada has 104 convicts employed in making boots and shoes. Virginia convicts are hired out to shoe contractors and railroads.