How Much Longer Will the County Permit Conditions Such as These?sss
A 17-year-old boy from Kingsport is shown in his cell at Blountville. Charged with larceny of seven cartons of cigarettes and an electric drill, he has already been living in the small 6x8 room for eight days. Sometimes more than one occupy this cell, never intended for use as such but pressed into service because there is no other place to keep juveniles.
An elderly insane woman, awaiting transportation to the state mental hospital in Knoxville, lies on the thin, dirty mattress which is the only furnishing in her cell.
