A prison with running water in the cells, standing on the beautiful isiand of Puerto Rico, in the Caribbean Sea, is described by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, a former Governor of the island. The penitentiary, he says, is of the most modern design, with mosaic doors imported from Spain. The cells are commodious compared with the average Puerto Rican house. One dav 40 convicts who were working outside" ran to the nearest village. The warden punished them when they returned in a drunken condition in the early morning by refusing to admit them to the .prison! J
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 100, 29 April 1937, Page 24
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