Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Six men in suits, sitting on either bench before the table, are served a meal by the chef, cook, and what appears to be another prison official standing at the head of the table. They are sitting in a spacious tent that features wooden raters and a window. 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. Different photographs taken on the same occasion appear with the article, “Crowded Jail Forces Prisoners Into Open,” Los Angeles Times, 15 May 1921: II1. Text from negative sleeve: Chain Gangs
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1554 ark:/21198/zz002dc1qb
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Prison guards--California--Malibu Convict labor--California--Malibu Police--California--Los Angeles County
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