The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-16
State Prison Inspector Bitch
and Sanitary Inspector de
Nazaire Study Conditions.
SHERIFF KNOWS 1T Is BAD
y
Filed Statement of Sanitary
Conditions With County
Board Early in Year.
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Governor Cats Will receive two re-
ports on the EscamDia count, 5ail
from state Inspectors. on OF these Is-
ports Will be direct 10 the governor b.,
state Prison Inspector b. b. Bulch. WHO
has just left for Tallahassee after q
week in lhc county The ulnc. report
will reach the governor through .ue
state board Of health.
In the Bitch report tho governor
Will be told that lnr EscamDs. count,
Jail is now all rgbl lhas lhc sheriff
has never Anowingly permitted any
wrong doing. although some itregu-
lariiies have existed hut That for the
most part these wric the sc-ut 90
Careless customs That have been ia cl-
iects at lhe Jail FOR SOME i4ur. TIE
Bitch report viii tell the governor tIll
The irregularities have Leen roriectuL
inat the door between lhe courtroom
and the jail is kept lOchuI and ,t-.ty-s
are permitted i0 enter the llIl un.,
through the shrrifrs office.
State sanitary inspector Julien IC
NdZairc', report TO the state Board ot
Health will be to the effect that the
Escdmbia county jail is m .rfriDlg
sanitary condition. with faulty plumb
ing, rusty cells. dirty mattresses. t...
The report viii say that some ui lug
mattresses arr being renovated tut
ihe jail is not fIi piarc in which 40
keep prisoners in It prrsn instnt.al. .
condition.
Mr.. dc Nazarie said. II there ANY
devil in man, putting him in ual i5l
viii bring IL Out.
>hcrlf Whitaker said Yesterday ulat
he Knew the jail was in bad cuutHifsl
and that he had asked uie count.
board 10 fix % and that he showed tlie
uetecis IN The plumbing elc. ;u luy
grand jury. The sheriff said that iH-
uoor between the courtroom and tiu.
jan Was not locked and lhat % MAS inn
possible to keep 10 locked because lb.
Janiior Was going through lhcir aiI
The Time and q would hr unhani, 90
keep 10 fastened
hcIerring 10 thr report which Prison
inspector Bhich viii make to the goa
arnOr-Alr BlitCh found one man WORK
.hS IN a prison camp Who N>a~ in such
serious condition with Nenrrral dis
case thdi hc tNas ordered back tu fit,.
county jail and placed in "A -aiarstc
'eb. lie had been trusts. carving
.ood Tor the other prisoner. and IN
general placing them in danger of be-
'oHlng infected. The inspector found
mat The prisoners having vcncrpal dis
,ase were not segregated aand hf. had
mem moved to separate qurlcrs For
ne most part the inspector found f.r,f
I'll prisoners were in pens and .hst
mere were few cells fit TO pct Them 5fr
In an interview with The Iou-fv,I
Mr. Bitch said. II understand lii.
Journal has some signed statements
rom prisoners alleging irregular rnE-
iuct on the part 0f the sheriffs force"
Mr. Bitch said he would like 10 see
he statements and added that -~tfle-
nents from prisoners are Of little
'alue' because they will say one ming
o the sheriff or to the judge lnd an
,ther Thing 10 other people.
Sheriff Whitaker said Yesterday that
I The statements which alleged i'm
proper conduct and Misrepresentation
II liquor were published he woalld
axe legal action. He was told tbst
Lhe Journal realized it might be If
tcult TO substantiate statements made
~ prisoners but that IL The I9upn.I
ound them to be true it would not
lesitate to make them public.
/ have been trying to enforce the
aw, the sheriff said. in spite OF fbe
ttempts Of the kangaroo court gang to
light me"