One man who was lashed told me it was weeks before his flesh healed.

I do not believe that the cat and the dark hole are necessary to prison discipline.

They brutalise and degrade both prisoners and officials.
The doctor was astonished one morning by my application for a tooth-brush.

Such a thing was never seen or heard of in a prison.

I was obliged therefore to use my middle finger, which I found a very inefficient substitute.