Butts County GaArchives News.....OUR CONVICTS December 13, 1895
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Jackson Argus – December 13, 1895
It is revolting to read the legislative committee reports in regard to the
conditions of the convict camps in the State.  It seems that they are all in the
worst possible condition.

The convicts are actually being starved.  They are not allowed but one suit of
ragged clothes, no socks at all, and shoes insufficient to protect the feet. A
shirt made from whole cloth is an unheard of luxury.   They are most cruelly
punished in all sorts of ways that man’s inhumanity to man can suggest.

They are fed on bran, and meat is as scarce with them as pork sausages on the
streets of Jerusalem.

It is a shame and an intolerable disgrace upon Georgia.   For the sake of
humanity something must be don’t to relieve the intense suffering of these
unfortunates.

Such brutality to humans seems impossible to exist in our State, yet such
reports are given, and nothing is done to ameliorate the conditions.

The whole convict system is a farce and a travesty upon good government, and
should be abolished forthwith and the convicts put to work on the roads.



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