Factories Behind Bars
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Table: Selected Annual Prison Industry Earnings
Table I
Selected Annual Prison Industry Earnings
| 1848-1849 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prison | Sales Per Prisoner | Costs of Ordinary Support Per Prisoner* | Calculated Surplus or (Loss) Per Prisoner* | Reported Surplus or (Loss) Per Prisoner* | ||||||
| Auburn, NY | $106.93 | -- | $51.75 | = | $55.18 | $45.30 | ||||
| Connecticut Prison | $90.00 | -- | $63.00 | = | $27.00 | $39.00 | ||||
| Maine Prison | $83.00 | -- | $70.82 | = | $12.18 | $12.18 | ||||
| Massachusetts Prison | $107.38 | -- | $51.00 | = | $56.38 | $46.71 | ||||
| New Hampshire Prison | $30.91 | -- | $65.16 | = | ($34.25) | ($11.34) | ||||
| New Jersey Prison | $92.19 | -- | $63.00 | = | $29.19 | $28.78 | ||||
| New Penitentiary, Phila., PA | $43.00 | -- | $43.00 | = | $0.00 | ($17.00) | ||||
| Ohio State Prison | $93.54 | -- | $43.00 | = | $50.54 | $30.90 | ||||
| Rhode Island Prison | $49.00 | -- | NA | = | NA | NA | ||||
| Sing Sing, NY, Male Prison | $100.69 | -- | $49.49 | = | $52.20 | $51.11 | ||||
| Sing Sing, NY, Female Prison | $29.65 | -- | $91.38 | = | ($61.73) | ($62.75) | ||||
| Vermont Prison | $70.72 | -- | $60.87 | = | $9.85 | $8.30 | ||||
*Excludes salaries of prison officials, The discrepancy between the calculate and reports surplus or loss may be due to sales or costs not reported in the original table.
Source: Annual Prison Report for New York, 1850,reprinted in American Correctional Association, The American Prison: From the Beginning... A pictorial History, p.55.
