Besides containing the general Administration Offices, the Bureau of
Registration and the Record Bureau the Registration Building will
include a reception room where prisoners may converse with visiting
relatives and friends. In the past this problem of a reception room for
the visitors to prisoners was a difficult one for prison authorities,
as it was practically impossible while allowing prisoners a reasonable
amount of freedom for the discussion of private and confidential
matters to prevent the transfer of weapons, liquors, drugs and
implements of escape. This difficulty, however, we think, has now been
successfully solved through the following arrangement: Two parts of a
large room are separated by two wire nettings, so placed that they form
an enclosed passage six feet in width, where guards can be stationed to
prevent any attempt to pass articles to the prisoners without, at the
same time, interfering in the carrying on of a conversation.
[Illustration: MESS HALL AND KITCHEN BUILDING--BASEMENT
THIS FLOOR CONTAINS A BAKERY WITH FLOUR AND BREAD STORAGE ROOMS
AND WITH EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE BREAD FOR THE ENTIRE INSTITUTION,
REFRIGERATING ROOMS FOR THE STORAGE OF UNPREPARED FOOD, A PLANT FOR THE
MAKING OF ICE, AND AN AMPLE KITCHEN STORE ROOM.
A MESS HALL WITH INDEPENDENT COAT ROOM AND OUTSIDE ENTRANCE, A GUARD’S
TOILET, RECREATION AND LUNCH ROOM ARE ALSO PROVIDED.]
[Illustration: MESS HALL AND KITCHEN BUILDING--FIRST FLOOR
THIS BUILDING OCCUPIES THE CENTRAL POSITION OF THIS GROUP AND IS EASILY
ACCESSIBLE FROM ALL CELL BUILDINGS.
THE MESS HALLS ARE SO DESIGNED AS TO TAKE COMPLETE CARE OF THE INMATES
OF ONE AND TWO CELL BUILDINGS IN EACH HALL RESPECTIVELY.
THE INMATES OF THE DETENTION BUILDING CAN ENTER THEIR MESS HALL
DIRECTLY FROM THE DETENTION BUILDING BY THE ENCLOSED PASSAGE.
A KITCHEN ECONOMICALLY AND EFFICIENTLY EQUIPPED OCCUPIES THE EAST WING
OF THIS BUILDING.]