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The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
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Federal grand jury reports unsanitary and immoral conditions in Arizona county jails, including Maricopa County Jail in Phoenix, as hotbeds of disease; previous 1924 report ignored.
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PHOENIX, Ariz.-(FP)-Conditions in the county jails of Arizona in which federal prisoners are held are described as unsanitary. in some cases immoral and 'hotbeds of disease transmission and possible epidemics, which have started in them several times.' by the federal grand jury. In the Maricopa county jail in Phoenix, white, Negro and Mexican women are herded into two small rooms across the hall from the bedrooms of the deputy sheriffs. Sex intercourse with the jailers, deputies and others is charged by the jurors.
In the juvenile department the children are confined in one room and compelled to sleep on the floor with the toilet in the same room. A similar report made by the federal grand jury on Oct. 28, 1924, has been completely ignored by the government.
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Maricopa County Jail, Phoenix, Arizona
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previous report on oct. 28, 1924, ignored by the government
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Conditions in Arizona county jails holding federal prisoners described as unsanitary, immoral, and hotbeds of disease transmission and possible epidemics by federal grand jury. In Maricopa county jail in Phoenix, white, Negro and Mexican women herded into two small rooms near deputy sheriffs' bedrooms; sex intercourse with jailers, deputies and others charged. Juvenile department: children confined in one room, sleeping on floor with toilet in same room.