Net Book Paid City Year Profits in Cash 1900 $ 42,759 $ 60,000 1901 36,478 48,000 1902 26,179 26,000 1903 32,016 22,000 1904 25,533 28,000 1905 27,587 25,000 1906 42,905 25,000 1907 39,182 35,000 1908 32,663 35,000 1909 38,577 30,000 1910 24,355 40,000 1911 25,000 —————— —————— Totals $ 368,234 $ 399,000 In 12 years the Detroit House of Correction has turned $399,000 into the coffers of the city treasurer. This amount represents the profits from the industrial work which the prisoners turn out. Brooms, chairs and other articles are manufactured in the workhouse, most of the work being done by prisoners who are sentenced to serve from ten days to six months in the “works” for minor offences. This splendid showing of profits is due largely to the excellent business management of the house of correction. It will be noticed that the book profits shown are often larger than the amounts turned into the city treasurer, but this is due to the fact that minor items of maintenance are charged against the book profits from one end of the year to the other. The fiscal year at the house of correction ends on Dec. 1, therefore the net book profits shown in the table above must be checked against the amounts paid to the city the year following. “The reason that the house of correction profits are not so large in the years following 1900 is due to the fact that beginning with 1901 we started a system of paying part of the earnings to the prisoners.” said Supt. John L. McDonnell. “This week we turn over $20,000 to the city from the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1910. Last July, the poor commission needing funds, we were asked to turn over $5,000 from the probable profits of 1910. We did so, and that sum added to the $20,000 to be paid over this week constitutes the $25,000 profit to the city for 1910.” An important addition to the newspaper statement is the fact that the products of the House of Correction are disposed of in the open market by the Superintendent. * * * * * _The Problem of the Home for Discharged Prisoners._—The following statement is from the New Britain (Conn.) _Record_ of February 21st: 34 West 28th Street, New York City. February 20th, 1911. To the Editor of “_The Daily Record_,” New Britain, Conn.