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As to the general position of a trial prisoner; he may have any comfort within reason, together with a comfortable bed and chair. Then there are the offenders of the first division. These include persons guilty of political offences or convicted of libel, etc. They are allowed to have much the privileges as prisoners awaiting trial. Bath and shaving are not com- pulsory. The cell may be furnished, the food brought in from outside, the cleaning and washing performed by others and paid for. The f...irst division man may wear his own clothing ; he may work or not, as he chooses. He cannot, however, be visited oftener than once a fortnight, but may 44 OUR PRISONS then receive three friends at a time. The debtor, who is usually a man committed for non-payment of rates, comes next to an offender in the first division. He may wear his own clothes, and need not take a bath on admission unless it is necessary. But he has to eat prison food, he must clean and look after his cell himself, and he must work.
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