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FOOTNOTES:[1]Every cell at Millbank has two doors: one of wood, next the prisoner, the other a heavy iron trellis gate. The former was closed by a running bolt; the gate had a double lock.[2]Known as the “thieves’ whistle.”[3]The dress of women in the second or superior class consisted of dark green jacket and stuff petticoat; the first or lower class wore a yellow jacket.[4]A piece of long yarn issued to be worked up in the looms.[5]I can vouch for the accuracy of this measurement which I verified myself when Millbank was still standing.[6]The account of this experience I have ventured to extract from my work “Fifty Years of Public Service.” (Cassell & Co.)[7]“Stiffs” are letters written clandestinely by prisoners to one another on any scrap of paper they can find.[8]The “hopper” is a contrivance for preventing the inmate of a cell from looking out of the window. It is a board resting on the window ledge at a slant, rising to a height above the window, the sides filled in with other boards.[9]This model prison was that built at Pentonville, under the active supervision of Colonel Jebb, R. E., and a board of commissioners specially appointed by the Secretary of State. The first stone was laid in April, 1840, and it was occupied by prisoners in December, 1842.[10]The Eighth Report of the Inspector of Prisons.

FOOTNOTES:[1]Every cell at Millbank has two doors: one of wood, next the prisoner, the other a heavy iron trellis gate. The former was closed by a running bolt; the gate had a double lock.[2]Known as the “thieves’ whistle.”[3]The dress of women in the second or superior class consisted of dark green jacket and stuff petticoat; the first or lower class wore a yellow jacket.[4]A piece of long yarn issued to be worked up in the looms.[5]I can vouch for the accuracy of this measurement which I verified myself when Millbank was still standing.[6]The account of this experience I have ventured to extract from my work “Fifty Years of Public Service.” (Cassell & Co.)[7]“Stiffs” are letters written clandestinely by prisoners to one another on any scrap of paper they can find.[8]The “hopper” is a contrivance for preventing the inmate of a cell from looking out of the window. It is a board resting on the window ledge at a slant, rising to a height above the window, the sides filled in with other boards.[9]This model prison was that built at Pentonville, under the active supervision of Colonel Jebb, R. E., and a board of commissioners specially appointed by the Secretary of State. The first stone was laid in April, 1840, and it was occupied by prisoners in December, 1842.[10]The Eighth Report of the Inspector of Prisons.

[1]Every cell at Millbank has two doors: one of wood, next the prisoner, the other a heavy iron trellis gate. The former was closed by a running bolt; the gate had a double lock.[2]Known as the “thieves’ whistle.”[3]The dress of women in the second or superior class consisted of dark green jacket and stuff petticoat; the first or lower class wore a yellow jacket.[4]A piece of long yarn issued to be worked up in the looms.[5]I can vouch for the accuracy of this measurement which I verified myself when Millbank was still standing.[6]The account of this experience I have ventured to extract from my work “Fifty Years of Public Service.” (Cassell & Co.)[7]“Stiffs” are letters written clandestinely by prisoners to one another on any scrap of paper they can find.[8]The “hopper” is a contrivance for preventing the inmate of a cell from looking out of the window. It is a board resting on the window ledge at a slant, rising to a height above the window, the sides filled in with other boards.[9]This model prison was that built at Pentonville, under the active supervision of Colonel Jebb, R. E., and a board of commissioners specially appointed by the Secretary of State. The first stone was laid in April, 1840, and it was occupied by prisoners in December, 1842.[10]The Eighth Report of the Inspector of Prisons.

[1]Every cell at Millbank has two doors: one of wood, next the prisoner, the other a heavy iron trellis gate. The former was closed by a running bolt; the gate had a double lock.

[2]Known as the “thieves’ whistle.”

[3]The dress of women in the second or superior class consisted of dark green jacket and stuff petticoat; the first or lower class wore a yellow jacket.

[4]A piece of long yarn issued to be worked up in the looms.

[5]I can vouch for the accuracy of this measurement which I verified myself when Millbank was still standing.

[6]The account of this experience I have ventured to extract from my work “Fifty Years of Public Service.” (Cassell & Co.)

[7]“Stiffs” are letters written clandestinely by prisoners to one another on any scrap of paper they can find.

[8]The “hopper” is a contrivance for preventing the inmate of a cell from looking out of the window. It is a board resting on the window ledge at a slant, rising to a height above the window, the sides filled in with other boards.

[9]This model prison was that built at Pentonville, under the active supervision of Colonel Jebb, R. E., and a board of commissioners specially appointed by the Secretary of State. The first stone was laid in April, 1840, and it was occupied by prisoners in December, 1842.

[10]The Eighth Report of the Inspector of Prisons.


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