Letter from W. H. Oates to Governor Charles Henderson in Montgomery, Alabama.
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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130
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At the time this letter was written, Oates was serving as the state prison inspector. In it he reports on conditions in the Perry County jail, where there are forty-one prisoners (one white man and forty African American men). He notes that conditions have improved since the last inspection, but recommends installing an indoor toilet for the sheriff and his staff to use: "This would obviate the necessity of the old filthy and insanitary open closet in the yard."
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1915 August 12 1915 08 12
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