Internment camps had harsh conditions. For instance, many stables and racetracks were used as temporary camps while the internment camps were being built. It took a while for the camps to be built, so evacuees had to stay in stables and at racetracks while they were being built. They were often to hot in the summer, and often to cold in the winter.
Housing in the actual camps was tar paper barracks. A few things stayed the same like children still attended school, and ate with their families in the mess hall. Adults could still earn money by working for a salary of $5 a day. They had a hard time growing food in the camps, because of problems like the cultivation on the arid soil. Anyone could go to the recreational activities to pass time. If the interns tried to escape, they would get shot.
All of the interns elected a representative to meet with government officials. For example Fred Korematsu was elected as one of the representatives, and challenged how legal it was for the government have the camps. But the supreme court called it a wartime necessity. There was little sympathy in the courts.
Fred Korematsu
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/01/fred-korematsu-story-matters-today-170130133315836.html
Housing in the actual camps was tar paper barracks. A few things stayed the same like children still attended school, and ate with their families in the mess hall. Adults could still earn money by working for a salary of $5 a day. They had a hard time growing food in the camps, because of problems like the cultivation on the arid soil. Anyone could go to the recreational activities to pass time. If the interns tried to escape, they would get shot.
All of the interns elected a representative to meet with government officials. For example Fred Korematsu was elected as one of the representatives, and challenged how legal it was for the government have the camps. But the supreme court called it a wartime necessity. There was little sympathy in the courts.
Fred Korematsu
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/01/fred-korematsu-story-matters-today-170130133315836.html