Steve Lator, who worked as a guard at the National Leprosarium for decades, poses in front of the jail. Image Courtesy of the National Hansen's Disease Museum, Permanent Collections, Carville, LA.

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Steve Lator, who worked as a guard at the National Leprosarium for decades, poses in front of the jail.<br /> <br /> Image Courtesy of the National Hansen's Disease Museum, Permanent Collections, Carville, LA.

In a 1955 interview for the STAR (patient magazine), editor Stanley Stein spoke to long-time hospital watchman Steve Lator (employed 1915-1955).

Lator reminisced that in 1915, there were 4 guards and 1 watchman. Stein remembered meeting Lator just after his admission to the hospital in 1931, and telling him "You are going to have a chance to put me in jail yet", although it never happened.

Stein went on to establish the STAR within 2 months of arrival and remained editor until his death here in 1967.

This file appears in: Carville Jail and Cottage Grove