Dr. Charles G. Hurst, Jr.
July, 1972
cons' man"This jail is disgusting as hell; it's illegal and unsanitary." The newly elected sheriff of San Francisco County, 35-year-old Richard Duane Hongisto, had invited the press on a midnight tour of his own jail so they could see for themselves the bitter facts of prison life. "Jails," he said indignantly, "are low-profile institutions because they're rotten to the core." Realizing that reform starts at the top, Hongisto last year put together a coalition of mi...
