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Memories of home ... in jail

Back in the day, many jailers in small Texas towns actually lived in the jail with their families. The Wichita Falls Times Record News has a feature about a Clay County Justice of the Peace whose family was the last to live in the jail when he was a Clay County deputy in 1971 ("Justice recalls life in 1890 jail home," Dec. 1):[Jim] Humphrey joined the [Clay County Sheriff's] department in October 1969 as one of only two deputies under Sheriff Thomas Covington. Humphrey patrolled the south half of Clay County and operated the jail, while Deputy Coy Jordan covered the north end. ?We were out quite a bit,? said Humphrey. Humphrey had also worked in communications for the Wichita Falls Police Department, but had little experience in law enforcement otherwise...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 02, 2008 (boomark / email).