THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
TUESDAY,
JANUARY ・ 19, 1937.
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Stone Walls DO A Prison Make The New Jail At Stanley
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d view of the new prison at Stanley. The six squat 'buildings in the right back-ground are the cells, providing accommodation for over 200 prisoners. Workshops are in
the background.
Once locked in their cells, prisoners are entirely cut off from the outside. A tiny peep-hole in the door is the only means of
communication.
BELOW. The six cell-houses, wherein the prisoners are housed.
They are absolutely escape-proof.
Warders will constantly patrol inside this cage, one of many
in the prison's workshops.
One of the tiers in A Cell-block. Each tier has accommodation for 100 prisoners and there are three tiers in each block. War- ders constantly patrol up and down the gangway.
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A view overy Hongkong convict will long remember-the entrance to the prison proper showing
the administrativo block in the background.
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