State Prison Overcrowded.
G 1,957 Convicts;at Joliet, U.S.A. Eor tte first time the'Siate penitentiary at Joliet is oveucrowded. 'The arrival; of twenty-five Cook County prisoners yesterday brought the prison roll to 1,957. Prison officials are planning to relieve the congested conditions by transferring^, the convicts at the rate of twenty a day to;the new prison at Stateville.—Chicago „ Herald and Examiner, 9th'. June, 1922. ■'■--■ , SING SINC PRllftN OVERTAXED. '-. '■■;;;.'; Tapidity" with which New York courts are teonvioting criminals,! the capacity' of Sing Sing Prison has been overtaxed^ It held 1216 prisoners yes•vterdayi. There are sleeping accommodations for only ' 12i6b^-New! York World, 27th May, 1922.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 49, 26 August 1922, Page 4
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102State Prison Overcrowded. Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 49, 26 August 1922, Page 4
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