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Correctional camp at same site since 1963

This photo of Hall County’s Public Works Camp inmates was taken on April 4, 1928. The camp was then on Stringer Avenue near what would become Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport in Gainesville.

0621ask — This photo of Hall County’s Public Works Camp inmates was taken on April 4, 1928. The camp was then on Stringer Avenue near what would become Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport in Gainesville.

When did Hall County first start the correctional camp for inmates? How many locations have there been and where were they? It is unclear when the first Public Works Camp was started in Hall County.