CENSUS CUTS
PRISON SCORE
The data as to prisoners in federal
and state penal Institutions presum­
ably, are complete and accurate for
both 1922 and 1917. The combined
total of persons In such Institutions
increased from 74,460 In 1917 to 84.-
213 in 1922 the rate of Increase being
per cent.
Federal Institutions Have an In­ 13.1
The rate of liKTeuse In federal pris­
crease, but State, County and oners was 83.6 per cent; In state pris
oners. 10.1 per cent. The ratio of fed­
City Jails Show Decrease.
eral prisoners per 100,000 population
Increased from 3 In 1917 to 5.1 In 1922.
and the corresponding ratio for state
prisoners Increased during the same
period from 72.4 to 74.5.
County Figures Uncomparabls.
Figura« W«ra Obtained as Preliminary
The returns for counties and cities
te Complete Decennial Cenaua
are not comparable for the two years,
for' the reason that in each case a
of Prtaonere to Bo
larger number of Institutions is cov­
Taken in 1923.
ered for 1922 thun for 1917.
The only fair comparison between
Washington.—The Department ot
Commerce announces that, according the county and city figures for the two
to returns received by the bureuu of years Is that made with averages
the census, the number of prisoners based on the totul number of institu­
confined in federal peni ten liarles, tions for which reports were received
state prisons, county Jails, state and (Including those reporting no prison­
county chain or road ganga city police ers).
For county Institutions the average
ataUons, and other penal institutions
number of prisoners decreased from
on July 1, 1022, was 163,881».
O f this number 6,540 were reported 16.2 In 1917 to 14.7 In 1922, and for city
for three federal penitentiaries, 78,673 Institutions It fell from 10.1 In the
for 104 state prisons, 44,283 for 2,451 earlier yeur to 8 In the later.
The number of empty county jails
county penal Institutions (principally
Jails), 12,717 for 206 chain or road and other county Institutions de­
gangs In certain southern states and creased from 623, or 24.2 per cent of
21,635 for 1,319 city Institutions, while the total for which reports were re­
the remaining 1,041 were women com­ ceived, In 1917, to 570, or 18.9 per
mitted by the courts to the care of cent of the total. In 1922. On the other
other Institutions (24 in number), hand, the number of city Institutions
mainly under the control of religious reporting no prisoners Increased from
1,168, or 49.7 per cent of the total. In
or charitable organisations.
1917 to 1,390, or 51.8 per cent of the
Similar data were collected for July
total, In 1922.
pL 1917, but the total for thut date
does not Include aU prisoners In chain
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or road gangs, nor women committed
by the courts to the care of Institutions
Fall lUver, Mass.—Walentz Nowucki
under the control of religious or char­ knew that something was wrong with
itable organizations Excluding these him when “ his stomach began to burn,”
from the figures for 1922, the compar­ according to the story he told the
able totals for the two years are : South end police.
1922, 151,172; 1917, 150,186. These
He bought what he thought was a
figures Include prisoners awaiting trial bottle of vinegar from a neighboring
and a few persons held as witnesses grocery store and later used some of
us well as prisoners serving sentence. the contents to season his supper. In­
vestigation showed that the tluld he
Report Part of Big Census
The returns were obtained In re­ had swallowed was a washing tluld
sponse to a circular of Inquiry which and a stomach pump was put Into
the bureau of the census mailed to the operation.
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to the complete decennial census of
prisoners which w ill be taken In 1923.
The number of prisoners In federal
penltentlurles Increased from 3,018 on
July 1, 1917, to 5.540 on July 1, 1922.
During the same period the number of
Inmates of state prisons Increased
from 71,442 to 78,073, and of county
Jolla from 41,871 to 44,283, while per­
sons confined In city penal Institutions
(Including police atutloua) decreased
in number from 23.855 to 21,635.
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Mexico City.—The younger genera­
tion in Mexico is being taught to wear
shoes and the “ barefoot boy with
cheeks of tan" is decreasing in num­
bers, If statistics compiled by the
American chambft' of commerce of
Mexico are correct. Not only have
Importations of footwear from the
United States Increased, It Is said, but
during the lust two years several shoe
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St. Charles, Mo.— Searchers w
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Schone was reported to be wealthy
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findings. Willtum Meers purchased a
cupboard from the administrator for
»1 and after taking It home found
$500 hidden In It. He turned the money-
over to the administrator.
The other day three men found two
cans in Schone'» shed. One contained
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checka In a wooden box $270 was
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Marion, O.— A piece of turnip,
lodged in the throat, choked Albert
Allen, a child In Murion county chil­
dren's home.
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cle were not In the equipment. The
child was taken 18 miles to a Dela­
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