Recklessness and effrontery were displayed in their countenances, and their discourse was full of ribaldry and profanity.

At one side of this ward there was a large kitchen, where eating and drinking were constantly going forward at little tables, as at a tavern or cookshop, and where commons were served out to the poorer prisoners.
Near this was a large hall, which served as the refectory of the prisoners for debt.

It was furnished with side benches of oak, and had two long tables of the same wood; but both benches and tables were in a filthy state, and the floor was never cleansed.

Indeed, every part of the prison was foul enough to breed a pestilence; and the place was seldom free from fever in consequence.

The upper part of the refectory was traversed by a long corridor, on either side of which were the dormitories.
The arrangements of the inner ward were nearly similar, and differed only from the outer, in so far that the accommodations were superior, as they had need to be, considering the price asked for them; but even here nothing like cleanliness could be found.