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Show ; SEN INSPECT" JAILS IN OGDEN Investigation Reveals Appar-: ent Neeri for Detention i Home, They Said 111 Ogdn Jails were declared obsolete, i unhealthful and Insanitary by a com-, mlttee of Ogden club women, following' follow-ing' an Investigation. HPi No blame has been placed on of- ''. j'j flcials In charge of the Jails. No qucs-' tion has arisen regarding th" prupu upkeep of the Jails. The Investigation was started some lime ago, by a committee of clubwo-i man. Suggestions to county and city officials regarding Improvements at1 both Jails were made. Some of thi suggestions were complied with. It la said. Mfc Complaints agalnjt ihi- treatment of Juvenile offenders held In Jail Wt rt made and officials took steps to alleviate alle-viate the conditions as far as p ble. The 1 esttgntlon, according to th- jl women, brought out one thing, that rmi Jffden stands In need of a detention homo for the express purpose of carta car-ta for Juvenile whose presence In jail Is made necessnry by some act of indiscretion or crime. j W 11 h asserted that the state law pro vides that cities the size of Ogden --V'.f. should have a detention horn.-, .sun- "u.ini.iiiieu in'1 rny mid county. Thus far thla section of the law has not been compiled v. ith and as the result. Jtivenll off.iui.ru .... either imprisoned in the cltv or county coun-ty Jails or are committed to the state Industrial school The latter ig unsatisfactory un-satisfactory the women .-.ti.i, by rea-son rea-son of the fact thai In many mtanr-es mtanr-es the offense does not warrant such severe punishment Th.- nam.- .,-i .,-i f fense. however, they said, might war- rant a month s or three months" sen-ence sen-ence in a detention homi 00 |