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Show CELLS IN CHICAGO JAILS CONDEMNED i State Charities Commission Declare Them "Unfit for tho Housing . of Animals." CHICAGO, Sept. 12. Sensational. disclosures dis-closures of conditions in Chicago jails which have been attacked "recently by civic bodios, came from state sources today when the state charities commission commis-sion made public a report of an inquiry conducted by its investigators who vis. ited all the penal institutions in the state. The cells in Chicago's jajls arc described as "dungeons ami unfit for the housing of animals." Detailed comment com-ment is made on their ''unspeakably insanitary" in-sanitary" condition, and on tho dampness, damp-ness, vermin and lack of decent facilities facili-ties of the ino.t ordinary kind. Sonic of the abuses found by tho slate investigators arc: ; Cells under water from backed up sewers Four to ten men .lodged in ono coll room. Children and minors placed in colls with hardened criminals. Dirty roller towels used by both;dis eased and clean prisonors. Boards used tor beds in most uf I he poln " stations. Filthy mattresses filled with vermin in many of the police stations. Cells' facing blank, solid walls with onlv a few bars on the trout to admit light and fresh air. Cells used at, limes for. the detention of bl ray dogs. Tfnts and vermin found in abundance |