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warden or superiiiteiident, and they can usually determine 

 pretty accurately who should be trusted. As I have already 

 stated, except in extreme cases, I believe men sentenced for the 

 first time can be started in Class I (with perhaps the exception 

 of the negro convict). By personal contact, the prison and jail 

 wardens come to kno'W the prisoner and to know something of 

 his character. I believe another good plan is for the superin- 

 tendent and warden to get in touch with the prisoner's kinsfolk 

 and get them in sympathy with the work of the prisoner and in 

 having him serve out his sentence. 



The prisoner's family should be encouraged to keep in touch 

 with him, and should be permitted to visit him at stated inter- 

 vals, and thus encourage him in every way to pay as rapidly as 

 possible his debt to the State and encourage him in the feeling 

 that there is a place for him when his sentence expires. 



CONVICT CAMP 



The convict camp will vary in its construction according as it 

 is to be occupied by men of Class I or by men of Class II or 

 Class III. If the camp is to be occupied entirely by men of 

 Class I it can be established very similarly to a railroad con- 

 struction camp. And there is no need of my going into any de- 

 scription for such a camp, except to state that it must be 

 sanitary. 



Wherever the camp is located and by whatever class of con- 

 victs it is occupied, it must be kept in a sanitary condition, 

 supplied with pure water, and facilities provided for the men 

 to bathe. All camps should be under the supervision or in- 

 spection of the State Board of Health. 



Where camps are to be occupied by men of Class II, there are 

 many plans that are in use for accommodating and taking care 

 of the men. One camp I might describe used by State convicts 

 in jS^orth Carolina, who are working a road in Henderson 

 County, would be descriptive of one type of camp. 



This camp, which is located near Bat Cave on the bank of 

 Broad River, Henderson County, consists of a bunk house, or, 

 as it is sometimes called, a " cell house " 30 x 60 feet, in the 

 center of which is a double deck platform called the cell, upon 



