The Prison Mirror, with the exception of the Summary, published at the
Elmira reformatory, is the oldest institutional paper in the country. It
is also the only paper exclusively managed by prisoners, all other penal
and reformatory periodicals being conducted by a high‐salaried
superintendent or else the policy is under the supervision of the
chaplain.
The Mirror is issued each Thursday, has a circulation of about 1,500, and
is distributed free to the inmates of the institution, who are permitted
to send the same to relatives or friends free of charge The subscription
price to the general public is $1.00, and it goes to nearly every state in
the Union.
This publication is edited and managed by a prisoner, who has full charge
of the printing department. Each Wednesday chase proofs of the following
day’s issue are submitted to the warden for approval, but he is rarely
called upon to exercise his censorship, as the editor is instructed to
eliminate all personalities and sensational topics.
[Editor’s Room, Prison Mirror]