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1 Correction 1 (1931)

handle is hein.journals/crecton1 and id is 1 raw text is: or rec ti oix, PUBLISHED BY THE NEWYORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION VOLUME 1 ALBANY, N. Y., JANUARY, 1931 NUMBER 1 PRISON CONSTRUCTION RECOMMENDED UHE report of the Commission appointed by the Governor to investigate prison administration and construction, is to be made to the Legislature on February 15th. This will include recommendations for the amendment to existing laws, developement of the institutions for female prisoners and general matters of administration, education, training and personnel. The commission has made a preliminary report to the Governor and Legislative leaders for their guidance in preparing the budget for 1931. The com- mission recommends the immediate construction of 'a medium security type of prison at an estimated cost of $1,750,000, an appropriation of $125,000 for road camp and experimental work in small housing units, and $8,630,425 for remodeling the old prisons and the completion of housing accommodations for 1500 at the new prison now under constrution at Attica. The medium security prison, which the Commiss- ion recommends, would be a cottage type of institution with single rooms for inmates instead of steel cells, windows protected to make escape difficult and a cy- clone fence instead of a wall. Trusted prisoners would be selected and would work on a farm under the supervision of guards. Two sites for the new prison are under consideration, one north of the town of Wallkill, Ulster County, and the other south of the village of Montgomery in Orange County. The preliminary report is signed by Sam A. Lewisohn, chairman; Julia K. Jaffray, secretary; Thomas C. Brown, E. R. Cass, Milan E. Goodrich, Hastings H. Hart and Walter N. Thayer, Jr. SMOKES FOR CHRISTMAS For the first time since the State Reformatory was opened at Elmira, fifty-four years ago, its inmates were permitted to smoke on Christmas, by direction of Dr. Walter N. Thayer, Commissioner of Correction. This privilege had long been recommended by the State Commission of Correction. Tobacco will be is- ;ued by the state. A RECORD IN LICENSE PLATE OUTPUT UHE new automobile license plates for 1931 were manufactured at Auburn Prison. The output in- cluded 2,690,795 pairs of plates for various types of cars, and 29,574 single plates for trailers, motorcycles and motorcycle dealers. Pleasure car licenses number- ed 2,179,500 pairs; commercial, 396,000; omnibus, 54, 000; dealer, 44,996; suburban, 12,599; state, 3,000 and ambulance 700. Sixteen thousand single plates were made for motorcycles, 275 for motorcycle dealers and 13,299 for trailers. Commissioner Thayer has received this letter of commendation from Commissioner Thomas M. Lynch of the State Department of Taxation and Finance: ALBANY, N. Y., December 17, 1930. DR. WALTOR N. THAYER, Commissioner of Correction, ALBANY, NEW YORK. DEAR DR. THAYER: The following is an excerpt of a letter addressed to me on December 16, by Commissioner Harnett of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles: I am pleased to tell you that the entire order of 1931 motor vehicle registration plates of all classes were manufactured, shipped and delivered to every issuing office in this state on or about December 2, 1930. I am sure you will be pleased to know that this record has never been even approached in the past; the completion of other years total output having been in March of the succeeding year. The complete delivery of motor vehicle number plates this year, about three months in advance of such deliveries in previous years, is very gratifying and reflects credit upon your Department in the manufacture of these plates. Very truly yours, THOMAS M. LYNCH, Commissioner of Taxation and Finance. Major John H. Howland and John A. Hawthorne, fire protection engineers of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, inspected Great Meadow Prison and its fire fighting facilities with particular reference to the life hazard on January 8th. The survey included an examination of the water supply, structural conditions and physical hazards.

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