Record Number in Blountville Jail

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Record Number in Blountville Jail

Johnson City Chronicle – Sullivan County jail at Blountville has about as many as can be well accommodated. There are about 100 to care for and feed until the next term of the court. This is the greatest number, it is said, that has ever been… Read More

Blountville Jail Has Record Number Over 100 Prisoners Awaiting Trial Sullivan County jail at Blountville has about as many as can be well accommodated. There are about 100 to care for and feed until the next term of the court. This is the greatest number, it is said, that has ever been incarcerated there at one time in the history of the county. It is stated that about 40 of this hundred are from this vicinity, and that about half of them are women. Out of ten sent from Kingsport yesterday, five were women. About 45 of the prisoners are being worked on the county roads, and is the largest prison force ever placed at work for the county.
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