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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 5, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 49.

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Marital Status of Prisoners

The recent report of the New York superintendent of prisons gives some interesting data showing the relative proportion of single, married, widowed, and divorced persons who have come into the hand of the law. The report shows that in Sing Sing, out of a total of 1,528 prisoners, 903, or slightly over sixty per cent, are single, 542 are married, 78 are widowers, and 5 divorced.