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.

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