House of Representatives Committee toInvestigate the Retrieve Prison Farm report 1935

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House of Representatives Committee toInvestigate the Retrieve Prison Farm report 1935

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The Texas House of RepresentativesCommittee to Investigate the Retrieve Prison Farm was formed in 1935 to investigatecharges of brutality resulting in prisoner self-mutilation at the Retrieve PrisonFarm in Brazoria County. Records of the committee consist of a six-page typescriptreport submitted by the committee to the House. The report is dated May 6, 1935 andhas the original signatures of the committee members.

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The Texas House of Representatives Committee to Investigate the Retrieve Prison Farm was formed (House Simple Resolution 121, 44th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 1935) to investigate charges of brutality at the Retrieve Prison Farm. Allegedly, inmates at this prison farm had been subjected to such brutal treatment that they had mutilated themselves in order to escape further punishment. The committee visited the Brazoria County farm and heard testimony from convicts...

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