CONVICT ROAD CAMP, FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA. 39 
CONVICT POPULATION. 
TERMS, CRIMES, AND CHARACTERISTICS. 
The first 17 convicts assigned to the camp were taken from the 
county camp known as the “honor” camp. It has been mentioned 
that the inmates of this camp were chosen as a mark of honor for good 
behavior in other camps, but that they were allowed neither the 
liberties nor the privileges customarily granted to honor convicts. 
Subsequently, recruits were drawn from each of the other county 
camps upon the recommendation of the various deputy wardens 
that they were worthy of trust and deserving of the honor which 
promotion to the honor camp implied. The average daily popula- 
tion was 39.2. There is reason to believe that the men selected 
were not always either the most trustworthy or the most deserving 
of those eligible. The deputies in charge of the other camps mani- 
fested a natural desire to retain their best men. In fact, though the 
population of the experimental camp formed only about 7 per cent 
of the total convict population of the county, it is probable that 
fully 30 per cent would have responded successfully to the same 
discipline. 
Table 27 contains a list of the crimes and sentences of all con- 
victs assigned to the camp, and shows that the maximum sentence 
was 5 years, the minimum 3 months, and the average 12 months; 
while the average length of time served in the camp was about 6 
months. It will be observed also that the majority of the crimes 
are such as might be presumed to indicate a lack of honesty and 
strong sense of honor in the criminals, and that only a compara- 
tively small percentage are crimes of impulse. These facts are more 
clearly brought out in the analysis of crimes in Table 28. 
TABLE 27.—Terms and crimes of inmates, Fulton County, Ga., Experimental Convict 
Camp, January 10 to ee 221916. 
5 Time to 
: . en- serve 
Prison No. Crime. ieee), saRA 
received. 
Years. | Months. 
Dee race sccic ait Bure laryere aiccce Soe eto als ores ais ci SIS a IS Sie eats eae ore ee Sate 5 3 
2 EF A Bieta hake, 4252)! 2 GO Rae Ss See See iia Ue ey Ne Sa ae eek neg 5 23 
eee aneee Meeis shasta ice. Oe sia Sa ie ied ote secs Sa eects cle Se Sete Oe ea of 3 6 
Months. 
Ce pad oa OAS BREESE Hl emene LO Oe Re ster roa Bre ea ay Coe ees ee ee a eels 16 54 
Ris Senco Se Sere el eee LOS ey eet ag Se OI EN ANA ORE LY eM a meray ee pai ee 12 34 
ais i bf a Oe at | iene COMIN 2 Tuma arsed ELA eur SiN ISU Tala Mawel ar Rau ee MR AS LC 12 3 
Tha ceo bas sae ESS Blues CLO Se ON a Ree US eat hed A IS oe eee 12 BRAG) 
Sis Ec Ane I eee lee LO Pa epee eee etal Wy nie J, LDV el Sm Ral tare Aol ea epee A 12 2 
Sa RBSUE Se eee rere C0 0) a a ee ee een nn ees sees eat eC oe ae 12 14 
DS oad ous Soares a ee LOB ree te ne ND. 2 2c) eae cy aE | 12 1 
eae eee aes GCE 8 (YO ERE RTs SOUP RCO La Bas et ik Oe th eee 6 6 
WO otads Stake EYL 0) OFS) ANS SRC Se MISE HUIS ate CesT Gell ergs SPINS 12 9 
1s SESS Op cea een seer Lea he AB Ge 220 fae A Popes Os 8 Ot a 12 8 
Te al a I a be Oe te Sen LW ONE Mil 1 eel ct aan gas TN were ana ef 12 5 
Te Gee Soe Se eae een para LO ME URES soeial 4 ila oe se OE Ds apes GT cf 12 5 
UO Seabee 4 Sines 8 AGAR COTUY ays eestor skew Siren os tela kl pL ag ral eae 36 15 
117 SNES IS Aa ie 2 Ie CG LS En SN UU UN SMR Nye ea py na OL ae pee eta 24 13 
LOS ee DSB E BE Ra IE geine Ieea LO ea amne se tiaoines liett Ain ON Spent anc tee Neu aroU ne ane inten Denia ras even 24 94 
Os 2 UGE See ein Eres Co VO Pe I GR ET Para sees 3 © ANE NID RM Pe ne 16 6 
iS) 
oS 
‘ 
' 
. 
[oy 
° 
‘ 
. 
a 
bo 
o 
