“A BARBARISM”
“They were built in the sixties and are a barbarism at the present day; there are but two slits in the wall to let in light and air; and worse than that there is the horrible psychological effect on many innocent men, who, along with criminals, have to spend hours in these dark, mediaeval dungeons." Thus Mr. J. J. Sullivan, when speaking of the cells beneath the Supreme Court at the meeting of the Howard Penal Reform League last evening.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 31, 29 April 1927, Page 8
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82“A BARBARISM” Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 31, 29 April 1927, Page 8
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