What are the prisoners making?
Is it rope? It looks like straw or some kind of fiber they're feeding into the machines but I can't tell.
Thanks for any answers!
It's a twine factory.
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Badly-made twine, as it turns out!
From a 1939 newspaper:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19390323&id=s-4aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M0wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5085,4839091
Stillwater Prison Industries:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BrVsc2sB-E
Mischief!
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