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Inmate Letter About TC Public Works Camp
"...I am in a camp that I am so very well pleased with, one in which a man can serve his sentence without any complications of any kind, it is the very next thing to being free. the food is as good as one may expect and the treatment of the officials…
Prisoners and Juvenile Delinquents
Bulletin 121
Page 24 mentions the Turner County Chain Gang
In institutions January 1, 1910: 12 Males, all black
Committed in 1910: 25 males, black; 2 males, white.
Page 24 mentions the Turner County Chain Gang
In institutions January 1, 1910: 12 Males, all black
Committed in 1910: 25 males, black; 2 males, white.
Farm is Purchased for Turner County
"According to the recommendation of two grand juries, Ordinary Joe Mellancock [McHancock] has purchased a farm located between Sycamore and Ashburn for a county farm for Turner County. The buildings on the farm are to be used for convict camps and a…
Turner Prison is Commended by Inspectors
"It's the neatest, sharpest looking camp I've been in in well over 12 months."
Visits Turner
"The Turner County convict farm was inspected, where fine corn and potatoes were observed growing. A herd of goats raised by the farm furnish meat for the convict, it is stated. Here the party drank water from the camp's air pressure tank, and…
