Photocopy of newspaper photograph of the Middlesex County Jail from The Home News, Front Page Side Index

Title: Photocopy of newspaper photograph of the Middlesex County Jail from The Home News, Front Page Side Index
Date: 1977-03-15
Creator: Unknown
Description: A photograph from the newspaper The Home News of Middlesex County Jail. The jail, where Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) was staying for her New Jersey trial for the 1973 killing of a state trooper, had been found "grossly inadequate" in a comprehensive report. The report called for shorter terms and millions of dollars in upgrades.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999; Law; Justice; Black power
Additional Subject: Black Panther Party (BPP); Prison; Black nationalism
Type: Textual document
Medium: Paper
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.IX.4.49.58
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.JSU.0850
Rights: All rights held by the Margaret Walker Center. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University, 601-979-3935 Attn: Center Director.
Contributing Institution: Jackson State University
Source: Originally published in The Home News, 15 Mar. 1977, front page, side index.
Collection: The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson
Relation: Photocopy of newspaper photograph of the Middlesex County Jail from The Home News; County Report Urges New Wing on Workhouse, Newspaper Article.; Jail and Workhouse 'Grossly Inadequete'

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