Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-06-17
TWENTY MEN co TO ROADS
ne Term Halifax Court Finished Criminal Docket Satur'
dav. Grand Jury Submits Report and is Discharged.
COUNTY JAIL SEVERELY CRITICIZED

ourt finished the criminal calen
ar last Saturday and begal
onday morning on the civl
pcket, twenty defendants, th'
reat majority of whom belni
harged with violations of tn
rohibition law, receiving sen
ences to the county roads rang
g from six to eighteen months
The Grand Jury which, con
y ary to the usual custom, hat
ben working contlnuousl!
trough che entire term, finished
5 labors and was discharged b,
udge Cranmer on Saturda.
fternoon. Its report was sub
tilted as follows:
orth Carolina
alifax County
Superior Cour
June Term, 1922
b: Honorable E. H. Cranmer
Judge Presiding
We, the Grand Jury for the
bid County and State for the
bid Term. beg leave to submit
la following report:
We have passed upon all
lis presented to and received
US and have returned the same
the Court.
y. A committee properly ap-
binted by and from our body
sited the County Home, and
bund the same in a very good
bndition under the circum.
,ances, and the inmates thereof
Rred for in a proper manner, as
Rr as facilities would permit.
The inmates have been provided
ith medical attention whenever
lme was needed. We would
lggest that some arrangement
made for church services for
he inmates at least twice a
onth, as we are informed that
here have been no services dur
g the present year.
We do recommend that the
ounty Immediately provide a
hodern County Home for the un-
brtunates, as same is very badly
eeded.
3. Committees properly chosen
3isited the chain gangs near
cotland Neck and Aurelian
Springs and report both camps in
5ery good condition. The
3ining halls are properly screen.
b, also the kitchens, and all
boxing utensils were very clean.
he sanitary conditions about
18th camps were extra good; the
risoners report fair and Just
Featment. and all teams looked
if properly fed and cared for;
q We visited the County Jail
nd found the same in a very un-
anitary condition. The bedding
never aired; fresh sheets
ave not been furnished once a
honth in some cells, in others
l,ere were no sheets at all. The
ellis were not as clean as they
hould be kept; water for the
purpose of flushing the toilets is
lot available at all times, and
he food fed to the prisoners is
lot handled in a sanitary man.
her.
A detailed report of the sani-
|ary conditions of the County
TAI! was voluntarily submitted to
Is by the Sanitary Inspector of
Ihe State Board of Health, which
5 as follows:
Inspection of Halifax Jail on
Monday, May 30th, 1921, shows
/ to be unsanitary.
Conditions are:
/. Baths are not given re-
kular.
2. Bed clothes are never aired.
3. Have not had clean sheets
but once in a month.
A. Food handled in a unsanl-
fary way.
s. Cells are not kept clean.
6. No spittoons.
7. Privies out of order, filth
standing in them.
8. No water to wash hands
hnd face with.
8. Drinking water has a taste
hnd smells of gasoline.
We do recommend that I'M
mediate action be taken to
place and keep the County Jail
in a sanitary condition, and to
provide for proper bathing facili-
ties in the Jail. We further
Recommend that the Jail be
properly screened, anG the vene-
real and tubercular prisoners
be kept separate from the other
prisoners.
5. The public toilet in the
basement of the Courthouse was
found in a bad condition; there
were no seat covers on the COM
modes, and the toilet room was
not properly kept. Several
inches of stagnant water was
found in the boiler pit in the
basement.
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