Convict Life at the Minnesota State Prison, Stillwater, Minnesota by William Heilbron

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Author

Heilbron, William Casper, 1864-

Title

Convict Life at the Minnesota State Prison, Stillwater, Minnesota

Language

English

LoC Class

HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare

Subject

Prisons -- Minnesota -- Stillwater -- History

Category

Text

eBook-No.

48208

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48208

Release Date

February 8, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Preparer's Note — PREFACE — MINNESOTA STATE PRISON
2. 2.THE PRISONER'S RECEPTION AT THE PENITENTIARY
3. 3.BERTILLON MEASUREMENTS
4. 4.THE FINGER PRINT SYSTEM
5. 5.THE PRISONER IS ASSIGNED WORK
6. 6.THE FIRST NIGHT IN HIS CELL
7. 7.THE PRISONER'S RELEASE
8. 8.WHY SOCIETY SHOULD ACCORD HIM A SQUARE DEAL
9. 9.DEPARTMENTS AND INDUSTRIES OF THE MINNESOTA STATE PRISON — THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. — The Deputy Warden's Headquarters — Duties of the Deputy Warden — THE HOSPITAL. — Duties of the Prison Physician — HALLUCINATIONS OF A FEW PRISONERS — THE TELEGRAPH OPERATOR. — THE BEDBUG INCIDENT. — THE X-RAY MACHINE. — IMAGINES HIMSELF PRESIDENT. — PRISON HUMOR. — THE VERSATILE PRISONER. — CAPT. “JACK” CRAWFORD'S JOKE ON THE GUARDS. — FEEDING THE DONKEYS. — TRICKS OF PRISONERS WHO SHAM ILLNESS — A “HORSE” ON THE PRISON PHYSICIAN. — ESCAPES FROM PRISON — BREAKING INTO PRISON — THE PAROLE SYSTEM — THE PAROLE LAW — DIMINUTION OF SENTENCE — DISCHARGE ALLOWANCE — THE CELLHOUSE BUILDING — THE CHAUTAUQUA CIRCLE — BAND AND ORCHESTRA — PRISON NIGHT SCHOOL — THE SHOE INDUSTRY. — THE REPAIR SHOP. — TAILOR SHOP — BATH ROOM
10. 10.THE PRISON CHAPEL
11. 11.THE DINING ROOM — PRISONERS' BILL OF FARE, WEEK ENDING JANUARY 4, 1907 — WEEK ENDING JULY 4, 1908.
12. 12.THE IMPLEMENT FACTORY
13. 13.PRISON LIBRARY
14. 14.THE MIRROR OFFICE
15. 15.THE BINDERY
16. 16.THE STEWARD'S OFFICE
17. 17.THE FEMALE WARD
18. 18.THE GREENHOUSE
19. 19.THE POWER HOUSE
20. 20.THE PRISON FIRE DEPARTMENT
21. 21.RULES GOVERNING DISCIPLINE.
22. 22.PRIVILEGES
23. 23.SHOP RULES
24. 24.DINING HALL RULES
25. 25.CHAPEL RULES
26. 26.GRADING RULES
27. 27.LIBRARY RULES
28. 28.RULES FOR EXCHANGING PAPERS
29. 29.RESTORATION OF CITIZENSHIP.
30. 30.SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.
31. 31.THE TWINE FACTORY — REAL FACTS ABOUT THE NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA, BANK ROBBERY. — Related by THOMAS COLEMAN YOUNGER. 1
32. 32.RICE COUNTY DISTRICT COURT.
33. 33.RECORD — THE STATE BOARD OF PARDONS — PATHETIC INCIDENTS AT MEETINGS OF PARDON BOARD. — PRESS NOTICES.
34. 34.MORE LIGHT.
35. 35.A NOVEL VOLUME.
36. 36.EDITORIAL.

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