Thanks are due to many of our friends for magazines and papers for the prisoners.
During the past year Emlen Hutchinson, Esq., Chairman of Board of Inspectors, Philadelphia Prison, has kindly sent me $80.00 for the purpose of sending home runaway boys, a donation of great usefulness.
Respectfully submitted,
Frederick J. Pooley, General Agent.
COMMITMENTS TO MOYAMENSING, PHILADELPHIA COUNTY PRISON.
| White Males | White Females | Black Males | Black Females | Total Committed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | 17,085 | 2,180 | 3,106 | 1,005 | 23,376 |
| 1907 | 17,090 | 1,854 | 2,999 | 965 | 22,908 |
| 1908 | 17,497 | 1,740 | 3,267 | 916 | 23,420 |
| 1909 | 13,228 | 1,247 | 2,443 | 767 | 17,685 |
| 1910 | 13,518 | 1,138 | 2,547 | 706 | 17,909 |
| 1911 | 13,576 | 1,053 | 2,815 | 843 | 18,287 |
The Philadelphia County Prison, Holmesburg, was opened as a penal institution on December 28th, 1896, since which time, 12,767 men had been received to December 31st, 1911.
F. J. P.
ENFORCE IDLENESS OF PRISONERS
The law of Pennsylvania limits to thirty-five per cent. of the whole number of convicts, those who may be employed in any of the trades; as a consequence, the greater number of them are consigned to enforced idleness. No punishment could be more severe, and if punishment is the chief object of our penal system, it is certainly secured by Pennsylvania law. It is a system, however, which belongs to an age long since past, when the reformation of the criminal had little or no consideration.