Letter from John D. Adams to Dr. W. H. Oates in Montgomery, Alabama.
At the time this letter was written, Oates was serving as the state prison inspector. In it Adams reports on conditions in the Chambers County jail. He notes that the eleven prisoners (one white man and eleven African American men) are healthy, but there is "considerable complaint" about t...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | At the time this letter was written, Oates was serving as the state prison inspector. In it Adams reports on conditions in the Chambers County jail. He notes that the eleven prisoners (one white man and eleven African American men) are healthy, but there is "considerable complaint" about the food. He adds that "The general condition of the jail does no[t] indicate that the county is getting full value for the $20.00 per month paid to the janitor." |
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