In the Senate ... The Committee on the District of Columbia, instructed ... to inquire into the conditions and management of the jail in the city of Washington ... report.

(Washington Jail) / Washington: 1862
42, 6 (views of the minority) pp, issued as 37th Congress, 2d Session, SRC 60; light extraction roughness at spine, else a very good copy now in self wrappers; of particular interest to the committee is the practice known as "cobbing" during which Black prisoners are stripped of their clothing, tied over a barrel, and then viciously beaten with a three foot paddle. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: Washington, D. C., District of Columbia, penology, abuse of prisoners

Item #: 377647

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