FRAME BUILDING

which is one story high, constructed in the roughest manner,
was erected, in which they partake of their meals, and which
is also used upon the Sabbath as a Chapel, religious; services
being conducted regularly therein, by Wm. H. Wisong, Esq..
a most worthy and highly respected citizen of Baltimore.
This building is 80 x 60 feet, and is only fit for temporary
quarters. It should be at once repaired and replaced by a more
substantial structure; the material for which might easily be
obtained by tearing down two unoccupied towers, in front,
together with a portion of the front building.

THE WORKSHOPS.

We next visited the workshops and carefully examined
their condition. We found employed at daily labor in the
various shops 325 convicts, as follows:

Convicts.
Cedar Ware Factory. ..................... 125

Cabinet.................................... 95

Oyster, Oil and Fruit Cans................... 75

Boots and Shoes............................ 35

Total.............................325

The average amount received for convict labor for the males
in the Institution, is 76 cents per diem at this time.

Males in confinement..... ................. 596

Of which there are under contract............ 325

Employed on State account.... ............. 84

Remaining idle....................... .... 187

Making........................ 596

Females in confinement....................... 86

Of which there are under contract............. 30

Employed on State account, washing, ironing &c. 30

Remaining idle.............................. 26

Making............................ 86

LOST LABOR.

By the above, it will be seen that there are one hundred
and eighty seven males, and twenty-six females in the Peni-
tentiary, who are a dead tax upon the Institution. The ad-
vantage of their labor being lost, because of want of room
to work them. We found the various workshops already over-
crowded, and those who are idle were found huddled together
in the temporary frame building, requiring additional guards
to keep them in proper subjection; thus increasing the ex-
pense of the prison, and at the same time, doing infinite dam-