CO129-107 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [10-12] — Page 245

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INTERROGATORY XXXVI.

Are there any defects in the structure, sanitary state, or discipline of the

prison, to which you wish to direct attention?

Answer

I am not aware

of any defects in the strūdure, sanitary, state, or discipline, of the Prison, but would respectfully call attention to the advantages that would move in carrying out the classification and increasing the safety of Prisoners, if all the passages, corridors of

of the Prison were filled with iron gates.

I would

also suggest that the wall of the inter compound should be raised three feet or

For on iron railing peefer

that the interior of the prison, and Offices quarters, should be lit mih

gas,

and that

a

verandah le

placed round the Officers quarters to prevent thi

zun in summer and the domps

their health.

beat of the in Winter from injuring

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