Police officers and prison guards at open-air prison camp, Malibu, 1921

Title: Police officers and prison guards at open-air prison camp, Malibu, 1921
Date Created: [circa May 14, 1921]
Date: 1921-05-14
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: A different photograph taken on the same day appears with the article, “Crowded Jail Forces Prisoners Into Open,” Los Angeles Times, 15 May 1921: II1.
A group of men in overcoats and hats stand beside a creek in the Malibu canyons.
Due to overcrowding in the Los Angeles County Jail, a labor camp was opened in the canyons of Malibu where prison labor was used to build roads connecting to the Pacific Coast Highway. The open-air camp was noted for its lack of chains, steel bars, or handcuffs.Prison guards and officers were on the premises at all times, though prisoners routinely escaped.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Chain Gangs

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Location: Malibu (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Canyons--California--Malibu
Police--California--Los Angeles County
Convict labor--California--Malibu
Prison guards--California--Malibu

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_1552
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dc1n9
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Rights Country: US
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