The prevailing style of prison architecture will be superseded by one which will admit of the greatest possible amount of sunlight and circulating air in the cells. Most cellhouses are constructed with the corridors running along the outer walls of the building, while the cells are arranged in the center, end to end, a thick wall separating them. In the effort to reduce the possibility of escapes, the health of the inmates has not always been properly considered. The United States can well afford to turn backward for improvement in cell construction. In Richmond, Va., to-day stands a building erected from plans drawn by Thomas Jefferson in the year 1797. This cellhouse, still in use, and esteemed by the inmates as better than the steel cell-block of very recent construction, is erected in the form of a horseshoe. There are three stories of cells, and each cell has a window opening upon the prison yard, while the doors of the cell swing out toward a large court within the circle of the horseshoe, and a covered veranda traverses the entire length of the cellhouse. The cots are not near the floor, but about on a line with the lower sash of the cell-window, some four or five feet from the floor, insuring to bedding, cell and inmate the greatest possible modicum of sunshine and air. In the prison of the future each man will be paid a certain sum for the performance of his work, whether his task be remunerative or what is termed state work. From this wage he will pay for his food, clothing and such other necessities or luxuries as he may obtain from the inmates’ co-operative store. He will thus be accorded greater latitude in the selection of the aforesaid raiment and food. Hence even by these humble means, the prisoner’s power of initiative will be somewhat retained against the day when he shall again fare forth to take his place among the world’s free men. In this prison of the coming day discipline will be largely maintained, not by fear of force, but rather by the self-interest and personal pride of the men confined. Punishment will more and more take the form of deprivation of privileges, which latter will be greatly increased because the better spirit and attitude of the men will be such as to warrant the greatest possible privileges. Wardens, under-officials and guards will be recruited from individuals who have a positive social vision, and who will look upon their position not as a “job,” but as an opportunity for service to humanity. Already the day has dawned when men are being placed at the head of these institutions, not because they are politicians with a “pull,” but rather because they are capable business men and broad-minded humanitarians with a heart. Men are to arise who will feel as much “called” to labor among the prison “shut-ins” as do now those who are set aside to serve as ministers of charity or uplift workers.