At the Eastern Penitentiary several thousand visits are annually made by the members of the Acting Committee of the Pennsylvania Prison Society. This Committee is composed of clergymen and laymen, men and women. To each block one or more visitors are assigned, and it is believed that the interviews held by these with the prisoners, either in their cells or at the cell doors, are productive of much good. The lady visitors of the Committee are all assigned to the women’s block. Here a Bible class is held every Sabbath afternoon; and the matron is also earnestly and constantly interested in the spiritual welfare of those in her care. On every Sabbath morning, at 9 o’clock, service is held in each of the corridors under the direction of the moral instructor, the Rev. Joseph Welsh. The speakers are supplied by the Local Preachers’ Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Protestant Episcopal City Mission and the Lutheran City Mission. The total amount expended by the Society during the last two years for the use of prisoners at the time of their discharge was $5,152.54, and for tools $93.30. The following are the statistics of population at the Penitentiary during 1908. White Colored Total Males Females Males Females Number remaining from 1907 925 12 280 8 1,225 Committed during 1908 524 4 137 8 673 ----- -- --- -- ----- Total population 1,449 16 417 16 1,898 Discharged during 1908 318 5 92 3 418 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Remaining December 31, 1908 1,131 11 325 13 1,480 THE DISCHARGES WERE AS FOLLOWS: By Commutation 357 ” Order of Court 8 ” Time expired 20 ” Pardon 9 ” Order of Huntingdon Reformatory 9 ” Death 15 --- Total 418 Average daily population for 1908 1,371 Largest number in confinement during the year 1,486 Smallest number in confinement during the year 1,225 PHILADELPHIA COUNTY PRISON There are two County Prisons in Philadelphia, under the same Board of Inspectors, one at Tenth and Reed Streets, known as “Moyamensing,” and the other at Holmesburg. The former is used chiefly for prisoners awaiting trial and for those serving short terms for minor offenses; the latter, for those who are sentenced to longer terms.