Jerry Summers: Howard P. Sompayrac, Jr., - The Great Dissenter (1928-2009) Monday, May 3, 2021 - by Jerry Summers
Jerry Summers
Although the title “The Great Dissenter” was applied to Justice John Marshall Harlan of the United States Supreme Court, for his strong solitary dissent in the landmark decision of Plessy v. Ferguson on May 18, 1896, that upheld racial segregation, Hamilton County has also had a “great dissenter.”
Prior to the creation of Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the “privatization” of the Hamilton County Workhouse in 1983, the care and incarceration of inmates was at the antiquated jail on Walnut Street and the workhouse farm in Silverdale.