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Virginia Reform Warnings and Jail Statistics Mark 1925
A verbose forecast rails against centralized Bureaucracy and calls for limited federal power while urging strong state governance. The Virginia 1925 annual report notes 31,957 sent to jail, 2,444 in state institutions, 1,713 in jail on a census day, and 599 admitted to the penitentiary, with overall population growth outpaced by a drop in inmate rates.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Board of Public Welfare
Board of Public Welfare
School of Social Science
University of Virginia