It is a pamphlet of eighty pages, bearing on the reverse of the title-page this inscription: “Printed and Bound at the Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, 1911.”
There were in the Penitentiary on the first of January, 1910, as follows, viz.:
| White Males, 1,157; White Females, 21; Total White | 1,178 |
| Colored Males, 332; Colored Females, 17; Total Colored | 349 |
| 1,527 | |
| Received during the year: | |
| White Males, 310; White Females, 4; Total White | 314 |
| Colored Males, 89; Colored Females, 6; Total Colored | 95 |
| 409 | |
| Remaining at the close of the year as follows: | |
| White Males, 1,073; White Females, 18; Total White | 1,091 |
| Colored Males, 301; Colored Females, 15; Total Colored | 316 |
| 1,407 | |
| The number at same date last year | 1,527 |
| Showing a decrease of | 120 |
| The discharges were: | |
| By Commutation Law | 471 |
| By Parole | 23 |
| By Order of Court | 14 |
| By Order of Huntingdon Reformatory | 3 |
| By Pardon | 6 |
| Died (1 Suicide) | 11 |
| Expiration of term (only) | 1 |
| 529 |
The number who served out their terms in 1909 was 7.[3]
[3] It would seem that by the actions of the commutation and parole
laws it will become very unusual for a prisoner to serve out his term.
The inspectors state that “the influence of commutation and parole which are now in action is having a restraining effect on both the thoughtless and vicious,” but they further say, “the administration of the Parole Law has been too limited in its time and extent for us to do more than make mention of our efforts to intelligently apply it.”
Some other interesting statistics are as follows, viz.:
| Number claiming this as their first imprisonment | 223 |
| Known to have been previously imprisoned | 186 |
| 409 | |
| Number under 30 years of age | 257 |
| Number over 30 years of age | 152 |
| 409 | |
| Number having trades | 67 |
| Number without trades | 342 |
| 409 | |
| Number idle at time of arrest | 149 |
| Natives of United States | 324 |
| Natives of foreign countries | 85 |
| 409 | |
| Conjugal relations: | |
| Single | 230 |
| Married | 152 |
| Widowed | 27 |
| 409 | |
| Number having children | 111 |
| Number of children | 296 |
| Crimes against person | 124 |
| Crimes against property | 251 |
| Crimes against person and property | 34 |
| 409 | |
Twenty-four pages of the Report are devoted to “Criminal Histories” of sixty-four prisoners received during 1910 who had previously served one or more terms in this penitentiary (a considerable number of them in other penitentiaries or prisons), and who are reported as “illustrations of persistency in courses of crime, indicating the growth of a permanent class, calling for the most serious consideration.”
There is also a record of forty-three prisoners received in 1910 who have relatives in this penitentiary or in other prisons.