PRISON HORRORS IN RUSSIA
PRISONERS' PITIFUL PROTEST. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. St. Petersburg, April 11. The committee of the Council of Empire has presented a report favoring a more rigorous dietary and disciplinary treatment for prisoners. At present the daily cost of feeding is Id to iy 2 d, and meat is not provided except on holidays. M. Retch described how ten prisoners had cut open their stomachs as a protest against the present rigorous treatment.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 277, 13 April 1911, Page 5
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75PRISON HORRORS IN RUSSIA Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 277, 13 April 1911, Page 5
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