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Title: Police officers and prison guards at open-air prison camp, Malibu, 1921
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa May 14, 1921]
1921-05-14
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
A different photograph taken on the same day appears with the article, “Crowded Jail Forces Prisoners Into Open,” Los Angeles Times, 15 May 1921: II1.
A group of men in overcoats and hats stand beside a creek in the Malibu canyons.
Due to overcrowding in the Los Angeles County Jail, a labor camp was opened in the canyons of Malibu where prison labor was used to build roads connecting to the Pacific Coast Highway. The open-air camp was noted for its lack of chains, steel bars, or handcuffs.Prison guards and officers were on the premises at all times, though prisoners routinely escaped.
Text from negative sleeve: Chain Gangs
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1552
ark:/21198/zz002dc1n9
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Canyons--California--Malibu
Police--California--Los Angeles County
Convict labor--California--Malibu
Prison guards--California--Malibu
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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