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Word: jailyard (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1927-1927
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...week, Sheriff William F. Jackson made comment: "The fellows the Government sends down here are all right and do not cause me a bit of trouble. ... I believe in treating the boys fairly. . . . They are locked in their cells at night and then I let them out in the jailyard to get air. The boys can fish in the river if they feel like it, or sometimes they play pinochle or baseball. . . . Once the boys sat up on the front porch of the jail, but they threw too many cigaret stumps* about, so my wife made them stay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: Events | 8/22/1927 | See Source »

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