A page from Essex Historical Society’s own Compendium confirmed that ‘Chinese Jail’ was local name for the lock-up where county housed U.S.
immigration case prisoners
awaiting federal processing.
An inquiry
made to the Essex County Historical Society resulted in receiving a page copy
from ECHS’ own “Compendium of Local History.”
It confirmed
that “Chinese Jail” was the colloquial name used locally for the lock-up
where the county housed U.S. immigration case prisoners awaiting federal
processing.