COMIC OPERA PRISON.
Another convict lias, "{'soapwl'' from fthe prison of Thoruorg, in tiio Kin ton " of lierne, bringing up Mn? total u> ton ' during as many months (xiys tlto (irBeva oorrospoudttil oi the"Daily
Mail"). The con/viot, named Flockiger, aged thirty years, was undergoing a long sent/once for iorgery when tie i««tt. ->one of tiie tea convicte has been recaptured, but one who was unable to nnxl employment returned to t?he prison recently oi lus own accord. M. a recent enquiry into tiie metdiods employed in the liiorberg prison "to recLauu the prisoners" a GiLbertian sta.t« oi affairs was discovered to exist. i'De warders, it was found, often took the convicts for a wait to the vihage ot Wason, near bj, where ail enitered the cafes, played oowls and cards, and each man ordered his dri-uke, the prisoners often -'treating" tiieir warders. In tins penal paradise the weilbohaved prLsoners were permitted now and then to visit Wasen alone in the afternoon and return to prison at night. The T-horberg prison has become the iaug-biag-stocK of tho country.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13104, 1 May 1908, Page 7
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