Living conditions
The "assembly centers" were hastily erected quarters located throughout the West Coast at fairgrounds, racetracks and other similar facilities. Conditions at these locations were appalling. People were housed in animal stalls and barracks with communal bathrooms and mess halls. Privacy was next to nonexistent. Most families lived in a 20-by-20-foot room separated from the next "apartment" by wood partitions that did not reach the ceiling. Shortages of food and deplorable sanitation were common. Overcrowding, uncertainty, and stress created tension in the "assembly centers," even as the demoralized camp inmates tried to improve living conditions.
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![Clothing Request (ddr-densho-356-773)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/2b/37/2b371d20b6c506fe0a9488571eb5b4ef.jpg)
![Administrative Notice No. 19 Conservation of Water (ddr-densho-356-798)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/17/7c/177c682bf405ca8db56e777d4cdc53a3.jpg)
![Letter to Yuri Domoto from Sonoko Riusaki (ddr-densho-356-281)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/48/1c/481c7ded733ed11c7f56e003ffaf0d89.jpg)
![Letter to Yuri Domoto from Margaret Saito (ddr-densho-356-287)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/92/f9/92f9ffbcb8119e3126baf55a113d0354.jpg)
![Letter to Yuri Domoto from Rosie Suyeyasu (ddr-densho-356-288)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/9d/61/9d610c6735d6f38af663835041b7d388.jpg)
![Information Release No. 22: Issue of Clothing (ddr-densho-356-785)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/79/d1/79d1e38c147815559b07bb4bbbb98100.jpg)
![Postcard to Yuri Domoto from May Morioka (ddr-densho-356-286)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/2d/ac/2dacc8cc97d849243f0615761d77d4ab.jpg)
![Clothing Request (ddr-densho-356-795)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/8b/27/8b27b38974ea7b8cdd2c2ef84e4f27e7.jpg)
![Administrative Notice No. 24 Contraband Articles and Possession of Liquor and Drugs (ddr-densho-356-801)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/50/6b/506b9d60fb65ef7b24fe028af1b713d3.jpg)
![Barrack, mess and issue record (ddr-densho-356-770)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/09/41/0941bf1b8dd0747c8ada9ad9d8f5ced0.jpg)
![Clothing list and request for Richard Tsukada (ddr-densho-356-796)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/44/55/4455332c39f7997e242d643323b6137c.jpg)
![Japanese Americans eating in a mess hall (ddr-densho-37-482)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/8c/2f/8c2fcd31603ebeca5768c133bf48b268.jpg)
![Journal entry for Sept. 6, 1942 (ddr-densho-468-140)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/8a/93/8a93d36cb1d5e34ea1fc5607fd25d882.jpg)
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![Letter to Frank (ddr-densho-468-139)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/5c/f2/5cf2954ef0b005ea76e01cb0500dadba.jpg)
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![Kaneji Domoto Diary, 1942 (ddr-densho-329-950)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/aa/07/aa079867fa3a4786b0fe6f8b5d6bfe90.jpg)