PRISON BARBARITIES.
HOSING RECALCITRANTS. . EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES/, By Telegraph—Press As?ocs<Uia.n—ICopyrJcht1CopyrJcht Kingston (Ontario), December 5. Extraordinary prison barbarities nro alleged hero. At a prison investiKalion tho convicts deeipml that when any slight insubordination was shown the hoso was turned upon them until unconsciousness supervened. Cells were walled up in order that the men were unable to escape th» icy cold water. Ono convict was paralysed for tlireo days after a. hosing, and {mother "de« dared that the water tore lh<o flesh from his arms and chest. Ha showed ilia scars thus caused. Other puuishmenlG, such as strap* ping men to the cell bars by the hands, weie described.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1926, 8 December 1913, Page 7
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106PRISON BARBARITIES. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1926, 8 December 1913, Page 7
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