Heavy work was needed to keep the prisoner population busy and in check.
The first two great class distinctions were, of course, the and the prisoner populations.
The prisoner population at any given time was much lower.
In fact, new Federal sentencing guidelines are expected to add to the prisoner population.
It was difficult enough to keep an eye on the growing prisoner population during the day; at night, it would be nearly impossible.
They were not operational until March 1865, in the war's final months, when the prisoner population peaked at 3,200.
Last year, with the prisoner population more than doubled, there were three suicides.
There would be a staff for that, partly picked from the female prisoner population.
From 1932 to 1933 the prisoner population was 24 people.
Over the years the facility added other buildings to accommodate growth of the prisoner population.