VII-"A Brutal Beating In the Kern Jail" - Pierre Salinger - San Francisco Chronicle

In the Pre-Dawn, a Man is Marked Up for Life

Byline: Pierre Salinger; 1953-02-03; San Francisco Chronicle; pages 1

Report: California Jails Expose - Pierre Salinger - San Francisco Chronicle

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A man, moaning loudly somewhere outside my cell block, woke me suddenly that Saturday night in the Kern County Jail at Bakersfield.

Description:In the seventh and final installment to the California Jails Expose series, Chronicle reporter Pierre Salinger describes being woken by the screams of a man being beaten before going on to detail the inmates' morning ritual at Kern County Jail at Bakersfield.

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San Francisco Chronicle article titled, "A Brutal Beating In the Kern Jail." Written by Pierre Salinger.