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Supervisor Ed Talbot of Perris, who represents Fifth district, says the new county road camp now under con struction near Keen Kamp will be one of the best equipped and up-to date establishments of its kind in Southern California. Mr. Talbot is chairman of the prison camp commit tee. Work on rebuilding the camp and moving the equipment from the old Dripping Springs site is expected to require another month, he said. Erection of the first “cage,” as the cell units are termed, is underway now and will be completed within a week. At that time a larger crew will be moved to the new site from Dripping Springs and will be put to work con structing the other buildings, which will include additional cages, a mess hall, superintendent’s quarters, a unit for the junior offenders and guards’ quarters. Supervisor Talbot is particularly pleased with a cage unit purchased by the county recently from San Diego county supervisors for $800, complete with beds. The unit cost $2800 new, he said. The juvenile department of the camp is to be located more than 200 feet from the adult quarters, and the youthful offenders will have a sep arate part of the mess hall. They are kept separated from the older prison ers at all times to prevent their com ing under bad influences. Youths are committed to the junior camp by the county juvenile court. Several improvements in facilities of the camp are being made at the new site, most of them planned with a view to bettering the living condi tions of the prisoners. The buildings are constructed of sheet iron. The iron cages are set in concrete. Quarters for more than 125 men are being provided at the new camp. Once established in the new loca tion, the road camp crews will be put to work constructing the upper por tion of the new Banning-Idyllwild highway. It is believed this work will be started well before the start of the fiscal year, July 1. It is reported that bunk houses and dining room will be built at the Cab azon portal of the San Jacinto tunnel to replace the structures which were destroyed by fire some months ago.
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Palm Springs Desert Sun
Palm Springs, California, US
Fri, May 17, 1935
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