RUSSIA'S FETID GAOLS.
— 4 TOO |MANY PRISONERS. DT TELEGRAPH PltESp ABSOOIATIOX —COryillGllT, St. Petersburg, January 5. Thero are l ld0;000 'persons confined in Russian prisoris. This is 34,000 beyond the number it is possible to accommodate sanitarily. 1 ' . '■A St. Petersburg despatch •of October 19 statesßoth in St. Petersburg and the provinces the prisons are full to overllowinp According to.tho "Ehrs," ' there are at present some GOOO persons in (ho five St. Petersburg pusons and the-thirteen , houses of detention. Jli the latter 1512 persons are interned, whereas they are only intended for 380 prisoners. A telegram, from Bialystok published to-day describes the overcrowding of the. local prison io consequence of numerous recent arrests, '.there are three times as many prisoners as can be accommodated - with due regard for sanitary conditions. ' ••••' •
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 88, 7 January 1908, Page 5
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130RUSSIA'S FETID GAOLS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 88, 7 January 1908, Page 5
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