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Show r I Chain gangs of prtma- ' jTT x. . era in many communities LJ Phalli Liangs Ot LonVlCtS are compelled to live under ; Breed Much Disease conditions of filth that are 1 ByProLChWBddISilo,BiiininghmAla. ideal fOT th BPead of Soil ' ' pollution diseases. ' 1 ; ' During the past twenty years t have had a number of opportunities to observe prisoners in penitentiaries, peni-tentiaries, prison farms, jails and chain gangs, and have been seriously impressed with the average lack of cleanliness among the criminals and' their guards, although the opportunities for rigid discipline rendered it possible to make these penal institutions admirable schools in which the state might easily give to. its charges some good lessons in cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation. With few exceptions, the authorities not only failed to tee and to .'utilize the opportunity oSered, but they actually permitted things to loccur which were dangerous to the communities. |