French Convict Ship Departs for Cayenne
INHUMAN CONDITIONS. LONDON, Feb. 18. The Times correspondent at Paris states that the convict ship Lamartiniere sailed for Cayenne with 673 prisoners, including sixty murderers, one of whom was aged sixteen. Comments in the French Press leave no doubt that few will ever see France again. The men will bo herded below decks in groups of seventy in iron cages. Insubordination is punishable by confinement in a narrow cell entirely dark with wrists and ankles chained. The captain is alleged to have stated that when a man comes out he is a human rag. The vessel is equipped with steam hoses for quelling dangerous outbreaks.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 5581, 20 February 1931, Page 7
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