House Committee on State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions, Investigation - 47th R.S. (1941)

Committee:	House State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions, Investigation
Title:	Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of the Committee to Investigate State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions.
Subjects:	Abilene State Supported Living Center | Alabama-Coushatta Indians | Austin State Hospital | Austin State Supported Living Center | Big Spring State Hospital | Corsicana State Orphans' Home | Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute for Colored Youth | Gainesville State School | Gatesville State School for Boys | Kerrville State Hospital | Rusk State Hospital | San Angelo State Supported Living Center | San Antonio State Hospital | State Colored Orphans Home | Terrell State Hospital | Texas Confederate Home | Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired | Texas School for the Deaf | Waco Center for Youth | Wichita Falls State Hospital |
Library Call Number:	L1836.47 EL26 / H.J. of Tex., 48th Leg. 199 (1943)
Session:	47th R.S. (1941)
Online version:	View report [23 pages  File size: 1,339 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Make a thorough investigation of the conditions existing in all of our eleemosynary institutions, especially with reference to the treatment of the inmates of such institutions and the character of employees therein, with special reference to the complaints called to our attention by the Governor "which set forth accounts of unbelievable treatment accorded inmates of our eleemosynary institutions, accounts which picture horrible beatings, tortures and even death."

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