| 1847 | 297 | 9 | 306 | 113 | 13 |126 | 432 | 20 | | 20 | 5 | | 5 | | | 1848 | 245 | 8 | 253 | 97 | 12 |103 | 356 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | 4.08 | |to July| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th.| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-------+-----+----+------+-----+----+----+-------+----+----+----+----+----+----+--------+ During the year 1848, there were received 121 convicts, viz., 88 whites (two females), and 33 colored (three females), and 128 were discharged. Of these, 83 served out their time; 13 were pardoned; 11 discharged by order of law; 15 died from disease, and one was a suicide. The whole number of convicts in confinement during the year was 415, viz., 299 white and 116 colored. Of the 16 deaths, 10 were whites and 6 colored. (2.) The warden’s report shows that of the 121 convicts received, 32 were foreigners, and 56 were natives of Pennsylvania. Ninety-one were under middle age; 96 were of intemperate habits; 76 could read and write; 60 were unmarried. Only 14 were bound and served their time out; 13 were bound and broke their indentures; and 96 were never bound. Some curious facts appear in the various summaries which these details embrace. For example, of the 2,421 prisoners received into the institution from its opening in October 1829, 619 could neither read nor write; 2,020 were addicted to the use of intoxicating drinks; 460, or more than one-sixth, were foreigners; and of these last, Ireland supplied 199 and Germany 112. Seventeen hundred and twenty-nine were first convictions; 1,451 were never married; and 18 had been married and separated; 1,631 were whites (48 females) and 790 colored (86 females); 467 broke their indentures, and 1,569 were never bound. Of the 2,421 crimes, 2,000 were against property. (3.) Next in order is the physician’s report, in which special reference is made to the inordinate length of sentences, when the nature of the discipline is duly considered. Dr. Given thinks the coloured prisoners as a class, suffer a double burden, inasmuch as their sentences are longer and the enervating influence of imprisonment is more severely felt by them,--and he furnishes the following items on this subject. Whole number of white prisoners, 1631 Whole number of colored prisoners, 790 Average length of sentences of white prisoners, 2 y., 8 ms., 2 days. Average length of sentences of colored prisoners, 3 y., 3 ms., 14 days. Whole number of pardons of white prisoners, 253 Whole number of pardons of colored prisoners, 25 Whole number of deaths of white prisoners, 73 Whole number of deaths of colored prisoners, 141