The Story of Barney Lee
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California Youth Authority's 1st Charge
Click on the image to enlarge. The article was discovered utilizing the Newspaper Archive and was accessed from the Oakland Tribute, published Friday, August 14, 1942. It is about the first youth committed to the California Youth Correction Authority after his stay at San Quentin's prison hospital. The article mentions youth under the age of 16 were segregated from the adult population by state law. This article was found out of interest to learn more about the CYA's inception and why it was built. Inspired also by Will Roy's interview and Nell Bernstein's Burning Down the House, The End of Juvenile Prison text, specifically chapter 2, 'Birth of an Abomination: The Juvenile Prison in the Nineteenth Century'.
Below is a quote from the article:
"The action came in the wake of widespread protest against the child slayer's commitment to prison among hardened criminals - protest that came even from the convicts themselves."
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