-----------------------------+----------------------------------+ | E. State Penitentiary. | +-------------+-------------+------+ | Whites. | Blacks. | | +-----+-------+-----+-------+ + | | | | | | |Male.|Female.|Male.|Female.|Total.| +-----+-------+-----+-------+------+ On hand January 1, 1852, | | | | | 310 | Received during the year, | 109 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 126 | In custody at date of report,| 219 | 12 | 48 | 4 | 283 | Disch'd by exp. of sentence, | 56 | 5 | 28 | 8 | 92 | " by pardon, | 40 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 45 | " by death, | | | 2 | | 2 | Removed, | 12 | | 2 | | 14 | -----------------------------+-----+-------+-----+-------+------+ -----------------------------+----------------------------------+------+ | W. State Penitentiary. | | +-------------+-------------+------| | | Whites. | Blacks. | | | +-----+-------+-----+-------+ | | | | | | | | Grand| |Male.|Female.|Male.|Female.|Total.|Total.| +-----+-------+-----+-------+------+------+ On hand January 1, 1852, | | | | | 174 | 484 | Received during the year, | 84 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 96 | 222 | In custody at date of report,| 165 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 181 | 470 | Disch'd by exp. of sentence, | | | | | 56 | 148 | " by pardon, | | | | | 24 | 69 | " by death, | | | | | 3 | 5 | Removed, | | | | | | | -----------------------------+-----+-------+-----+-------+------+------+ In the Eastern State Penitentiary, the labor of the prisoners has nearly defrayed the expense of their subsistence; while in the Western State Penitentiary, the labor of the convicts has not only earned their support, but has paid four-fifths the salaries of the officers. The number of commitments to the Western State Penitentiary has increased so much, as to require the erection of a new range of cells--for want of which in the crowded state of the prison, the required separation has been in some cases impracticable. But no departure from the strict observance of the discipline has been allowed, except where a necessity which knows no law, required it.