Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1875 — Prison Statistics. [ARTICLE]

Prison Statistics.

The annual report of the officers of the State prison South was made public on the morning of the 30th. The Directors compliment Col. Shuler, the Warden, and repeat the opinion expressed in a former report, that he has no superior in the management of convicts. The Warden submits his sixth annual report, from which the following figures are taken: Total receipts..s79,94l 63 Total expenditures, 79,853 25 Excess of receipts. 88 38 Total earnings 69,226 34 Ordinary expenses 52,937 03 Excess of earnings. 16,289 31 ■Cost of repairs. 21,577 21 Convicts’ labor account for year is 64,098 20 Daily average number of convicts at work 388 The report of Dr. Wm. H. Sheets, prison physician, states that the year has been an unusually anxious one. During the summer 200 cases of dysentery were treated, twelve of which were fatal; and during the year over 1,200 cases Of different diseases were under treatment. The exact figures are: Total number treatedl,22s Percentage of deaths. . 1.8 Treated in hospital 224 Treated out of hospital .1,001 The general health of the prison is good at present. The Chaplain, Rev. John W. Sulhvan, reports that no one act of kind consideration has nad so fine a moral effect as the substitution of new clothing for the degrading striped garb heretofore worn. Religious exercises are regularly conducted, and much interest is taken in them by many prisoners. The following table gives the counties represented, and number from each: Vigo, 57; Vanderburg, 56; Jefferson, 18; Knox, 99; Clark, 13, Floyd, 18; Hendricks, 10; Posey, 11; Ripley, 4; Bartholomew, 9; Decatur, 13; Marion, 4; Pike, 5-Clay, 3; Norwich, 8; Morgan, 2; Daviess,!; Martin, 4; Monroe, 6; Switzerland, 9; Hancock, 7; Crawford, 7; Rush, 1; Gibson, 16; Franklin, 4; Parker, 9; Orange, 4; Wayne, 14; Brown, 1; Laporte, .1;, Washington, 5; Owens, 8; Dubois, 4; Henry, 4; Sullivan, 7; Fayette, 3; Spencer, 7; Johnson, 9; Jackson, 11; Dearborn, 8; Greene, 4; Putnam, 9; Perry, 2; Jennings,4; Shelby, 12; U. S. District, 2. Total, 417. CRIMES AND NUMBER OF EACH. Murder, 57; manslaughter, 14; rape, 14; grand larceny, 203; burglary, 20; assault and battery with intent to kill, 41; intent to rape, 10; intent to rob, 3; larceny ana burglary, 10; petit larceny, 24; receiving stolen goods, 1; perjury, 3; obtaining money under false pretenses, 3; bigamy, 1; arson, 5; forgery, 14; obtaining goods under false pretenses, 4; aiding prisoners to escape, 2; seduction, 1. Total, 417. TIMES OF SENTENCE AND NUMBER OF EACH. Life, 38; 21 years, 12; 20 years, 2; 19 years, 1; 18 years, 1; 16 years, 1; 15 years, 1; 14 years, 4; 12 years, 1; 10 years, 12; 9 years, 4; Byears, 2; 7 years, 8; 6 years, 7; 5 years, 34; 4J< years, 2; 4 years, 28; 3 years, 43; 2%years, 3; 2 years, 188; IX years, 1; 1 year, 24. Total, 417. Number of convicts who can read and write, 272; readonly, 48; no education, 97; number intemperate, 145; moderate, 128; temperate, 144. Total, 417. Number married, 29; single, 363; widowers, 25; in confinement Dec. 15,1873,383; since received, 230; recaptured, 1. Total, 614. Discharged, 127; pardoned, 24; died, 23; remanded, 14; escaped, 6; commuted, 1; transferred, 2—197. Total in confinement, 417.