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15 _~he excellent manner in which the jail is being operated in many respects, is noted. It is hoped that the deficiencies anti,feets to w~_ich attention is called will be corrected am_d t~at the next inspection will reveal that this jail more nea~ly meets the stan- dards of this Department at that time. For ~%t~r~ktivepurposes. we s~e submitting below cerua_n~ ~ ~ statistical data concerning activities at this jail for the years indicated: .C.0!~iT_~E!~TS: ~EAR E~,ED J~lE 30th 1 9 4 6 1945 ~ale 576 1~047 1~8~3 2,357 734 Female 59 80 139 355 ~16 P~RISOL~ER DAYS: 33~551 43,84~ 10~294 are acknowledged. The courtesies and cooperation~tended at the time of the inspection Yours very truly, R. ~. Youell~ Conmmzssmoner of Corrections." Incios~me ~'CiTY OF PORTSI~OD~R JAIL Report on nspec~=on of October 31~ 1946. ,ADMINISTRATION: This inspection was made in company with the jailor who is kept on duty inside the jail. The jail is operated by the City Serge~t with the assistance of a staff of personnel which is considered as competent. An inter-comm~uicationaud alarm system is employed for the security of the j~l ~d good care appeared to be used in the hmadling of keys* SUPERVISION: Pull' time supervision is provided v~th a jailQr on duty inside the jail at all times. ,~RS 0NNEL: Observations: There are five jailors. Recoze~endation~: It is believed that a jail cook would be very much worthwhile in making better use of food supplies i n the preps_ration ~f meals. It is very difficult to m~intaln a good standard of cooking with the use of inmate cooks~ msmy of whom have to be trained, and it is a rare occasion to find a capeb!e cook among the inmates with sufficient sentence to be of much value as a jail cook. D~SC~ LIlle. D£scipline is maintained through super~rmsmo__' ' ' ~ ' mndivzdual cells when n ~ " BUiL~G_: Observations: This is a.five story b rick building with steel ~tairs. and concrete floors. The jail occupies the fifth, fourth, third and second floors. On the fifth floor at left there is a tier of ten c ells which has been divided into two sections of five cells each. The first five cell section is used to house colored male juve- niles. The second section of five cells is used for hall trustees. At the right on this floor there is a cell section o f four cells; imuediately bellinil that is a food storage room and be~hind the s tore room is the jail kitchen. The fo'~th, third and second floors are alike with t[en cells one ach side placed back t o back on a ~.titity corridor', Each cell has a niche toilet sa~d a ha~d basin* A doz~.itory for white male juveniles and two small im~ormary rooms are located at the fourth floor level, The building is heated by stem~_, the lights are electric, The psintis cream or ivory in color and is in fair condition* The painted surfaces in some of the cells have been considerably marred by rust that has been caused by wa~er coming through from the cells above. ReCormllendations: 'Niches in backs of cells should be removed ~nd straight walls formed by welding in metal plate thenv~'~reous china integrsZ seat j~ll toilets should be installed', ~QUIPMENT: Observatzons. There are metal~ lattice foldao_e wall b~aks in cells~ The bedding is standard