I am greatly indebted to all the officers and overseers of the Penitentiary for their uniform courtesy and their valuable assistance in the prosecution of my work. Charles C. Church has proved himself to be an able and efficient warden, to whose administrative ability and genial manner the discipline and good order of the institution are chiefly due.
From the Annual Report of the Penitentiary I gather the following statistics:
| POPULATION |
|---|
| White | Colored | Total |
|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | |
|---|
| Remaining from 1905 | 859 | 13 | 257 | 13 | 1,142 |
| Committed during 1906 | 303 | 8 | 111 | 9 | 431 |
| —— | — | — | — | —— |
| Total population | 1,162 | 21 | 368 | 22 | 1,573 |
| Discharged during 1906 | 336 | 6 | 96 | 5 | 443 |
| —— | — | — | — | —— |
| Remaining at the close of 1906 | 826 | 15 | 272 | 17 | 1,130 |
| THE DISCHARGES WERE AS FOLLOWS: |
|---|
| By | Commutation Law | 406 |
| “ | Order of Court | 7 |
| “ | Department of Justice | 8 |
| “ | Order of Huntingdon Reformatory | 4 |
| “ | Pardon | 3 |
| “ | Suicide | 1 |
| Died | 14 |
| —— |
| Total | 443 |
| Average daily population, 1906 | 1,144 |
| Largest number in confinement during year | 1,175 |
| Smallest number in confinement during year | 1,103 |
TABLES RELATING TO THE 431 CONVICTS RECEIVED DURING 1906.| (1) SCHOOL |
|---|
| No. of Convicts. |
|---|
| Attended public school | 348 |
| Attended private school | 8 |
| Attended public and private school | 6 |
| Never went to school | 69 |
| — |
| Total | 431 |
| (2) EDUCATION |
|---|
| Read and write | 312 |
| Read and write imperfectly | 56 |
| Illiterate | 63 |
| — |
| Total | 431 |
| (3) TRADES |
|---|
| Number having trades | 159 |
| Number having no trades | 272 |
| — |
| Total | 431 |
| Number idle at time of arrest | 116 |
| (4) AGE OF CONVICTS |
|---|
| Age | White | Colored | Total |
|---|
| From | 15 | to | 20 | years | 31 | 14 | 45 |
| “ | 21 | “ | 25 | “ | 74 | 34 | 108 |
| “ | 26 | “ | 30 | “ | 61 | 36 | 97 |
| “ | 31 | “ | 35 | “ | 53 | 14 | 67 |
| “ | 36 | “ | 40 | “ | 31 | 7 | 38 |
| “ | 41 | “ | 45 | “ | 26 | 6 | 32 |
| “ | 46 | “ | 50 | “ | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| “ | 51 | “ | 55 | “ | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| “ | 56 | “ | 60 | “ | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| “ | 61 | “ | 65 | “ | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| “ | 66 | “ | 70 | “ | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Above 70 years | | 1 | 1 |
| — | — | — |
| Total; | 311 | 120 | 431 |
| (5) CONVICTIONS |
|---|
| First | Conviction | | 268 |
| Second | “ | 1st | time | here | 63 |
| “ | “ | 2d | “ | “ | 31 |
| Third | “ | 1st | “ | “ | 16 |
| “ | “ | 2d | “ | “ | 11 |
| “ | “ | 3d | “ | “ | 8 |
| Fourth | “ | 1st | “ | “ | 8 |
| “ | “ | 2d | “ | “ | 4 |
| “ | “ | 3d | “ | “ | 1 |
| “ | “ | 4th | “ | “ | 1 |
| Fifth | “ | 1st | “ | “ | 2 |
| “ | “ | 2d | “ | “ | 2 |
| “ | “ | 3d | “ | “ | 1 |
| “ | “ | 4th | “ | “ | 2 |
| “ | “ | 5th | “ | “ | 1 |
| Sixth | “ | 2d | “ | “ | 3 |
| “ | “ | 3d | “ | “ | 2 |
| Seventh | “ | 2d | “ | “ | 2 |
| “ | “ | 6th | “ | “ | 2 |
| Eighth | “ | 5th | “ | “ | 1 |
| Eleventh | “ | 3d | “ | “ | 1 |
| Fifteenth | “ | 7th | “ | “ | 1 |
| | — |
| Total | 431 |
| PARENTAL RELATIONS AT 16 YEARS |
|---|
| Parents living | 295 |
| Mother living | 65 |
| Father living | 38 |
| Parents dead | 33 |
| — |
| Total | 431 |
| CONJUGAL RELATIONS |
|---|
| Single | 254 |
| Married | 152 |
| Widowed | 25 |
| — |
| Total | 431 |
| NUMBER HAVING CHILDREN |
|---|
| Number having children | 112 |
| Number of children | 301 |
| NATIVITY |
|---|
| Born in the United States | 346 |
| Foreign born | 85 |
| — |
| Total | 431 |
| Of the foreign born, naturalized | 31 |
| Of the foreign born, Not naturalized | 54 |
| — |
| Total | 85 |
| RECEPTIONS CLASSIFIED AS TO DISTRICTS |
|---|
| Received from Manufacturing Districts | 161 |
| Received from Mining Districts | 70 |
| Received from Agricultural Districts | 200 |
| — |
| Total | 431 |
The following figures were gathered by the Moral Instructor, the Rev. Joseph Welsh, in his interviews with the prisoners admitted during the year: