CONVICTS’ LUXURY CELLS
,\ prison -with running water in the eelis, standing on the beautiful island of Puerto .Rico, ill the (iirildjcan Sea, is described by C olonel Theodore Roosevelt, a tornier Covenior of the, island. Hie-
penitentiary, lie says, is of ttie most modern design, with mosaic doors imported from Spain. The cells arc commodious compared with the average Puerto Rican house One day 40 convicts who were working outside ran to the nearest village. The warden punished them when they returned in a drunken condition hi Hit; early morning by refusing to admit them to the prison !
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 3 May 1937, Page 3
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98CONVICTS’ LUXURY CELLS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 3 May 1937, Page 3
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