Untitled (Pre-Trial Jail Cell, Alameda County Court House, Oakland)
Alameda County Courthouse, Oakland, CA, 1955-1957
Dorothea Lange
Gelatin silver print with typewritten captions
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
7.656 in x 7.469 in
A67.137.93901
© The Dorothea Lange Collection, the Oakland Museum of California.
Additional Information
Typewritten caption: "No man is so isolated as the man in jail. Dead time between arrest and trial is occupied by suspects with newspapers, listless conversation, dominoes and just waiting. Some people call thi
Typewritten caption: "No man is so isolated as the man in jail. Dead time between arrest and trial is occupied by suspects with newspapers, listless conversation, dominoes and just waiting. Some people call this "crime school". It is during this period that the public defender prepares his case. Each suspect must, by law, be brought to trial within 60 days after having been charged with an offense. Time spent in jail before sentence has no bearing on sentence and is not taken into consideration by the court."
