Portrait and biographical album of Jackson County, Michigan : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the County together with portraits & biographies of all the governors of the State and of the presidents of the United States . nd in its place five buildings of a moremodern style have been erected. They are of brick,three stories with basement, arranged on three sidesof a quadrangle. The size is, respectively, 80 by 80,48 by 72, 48 by 72, 80 by 60, 52 by 72, and they con-tain one-half more room than the original State
Portrait and biographical album of Jackson County, Michigan : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the County together with portraits & biographies of all the governors of the State and of the presidents of the United States . nd in its place five buildings of a moremodern style have been erected. They are of brick,three stories with basement, arranged on three sidesof a quadrangle. The size is, respectively, 80 by 80,48 by 72, 48 by 72, 80 by 60, 52 by 72, and they con-tain one-half more room than the original State Reform School. This was establishedat Lansing in 1855, in the northeastern jxDrtion of thecity, as the House of Correction for Juvenile Of-fenders, Having about it manv of the features of aprison. In 1859 the name was changed to the StateReform School. The government and dicipline, haveundergone many and radical changes, until all theprison features have been removed except those thatremain in the walls of the original structure, andwhich remain only as monuments of instructive his-tory. No bolts, bars or guards are employed. Theinmates are necessaiily kept under the surveillance ofofficers, but the attempts at escape are much fewerthan the more rigid regitne of former
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectgoverno, bookyear1890
