Detention Barracks

Detention Barracks. . Waiting for Freedom , These detention barracks were built for Chinese and Japanese men and women. Shortly after opening, all women were moved to the Administration Building. Because of the restrictive exclusion laws, Chinese immigrants were detained the longest. Some of them carved poetry into the barracks walls to voice their opinions or lament their fate. Other detainees also left messages and inscriptions on the walls., [The text repeats in Chinese], 等待自由 这些拘留营是为中国和日本男女建造的。开幕后不久，所有女性都被转移到行政大楼。由于限制性的排除法，中国移民被拘留的时间最长。他们中的一些人在军营的墙壁上雕刻了诗歌，以表达他们的意见或哀叹自己的命运。其他被拘留者也在墙上留下信息和铭文。 Děngdài zìyóu zhèxiē jūliú yíng shì wéi zhōngguó hé rìběn nánnǚ jiànzào de. Kāimù hòu bùjiǔ, suǒyǒu nǚxìng dōu bèi zhuǎnyí dào xíngzhèng dàlóu. Yóuyú xiànzhì xìng de páichú fǎ, zhōngguó yímín bèi jūliú de shíjiān zuì zhǎng. Tāmen zhōng de yīxiē rén zài jūnyíng de qiángbì shàng diāokèle shīgē, yǐ biǎodá tāmen de yìjiàn huò āitàn zìjǐ de mìngyùn. Qítā bèi jūliú zhě yě zài qiáng shàng liú xià xìnxī hé míngwén., First Image Caption: , South Asians, Russians, Pacific Islanders, “enemy aliens”, and federal prisoners, were also housed here. At any given time, 200 to 600 people occupied these rooms., Second Image Caption: , Living conditions were crowded, ventilation was poor and the restrooms were filthy. The barracks were loaded with rows of these multi-tiered bunks.