Book excerpt: Excerpt from Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Inspectors and Superintendent of the Albany Penitentiary: With the Accompanying Documents Made December 13, 1870 The Reports of the Superintendent, acting Chaplain and Physician of the Prison are hereto annexed, and are respectfully recommended to the attention of your honor able Body. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.