Chapter 29

           The"deathhouse"inthisparticularprisonwasoneofthosecrasserectionsandmaintenancesofhumaninsensitivenessandstupidityprincipallyforwhichnooneprimarilywasreallyresponsible.Indeed,itstotalplanandprocedureweretheresultsofaseriesofprimarylegislativeenactments,followedbydecisionsandcompulsionsasdevisedbythetemperamentsandseemingnecessitiesofvariouswardens,untilatlast—bydegreesandwithoutanythingworthyofthenameofthinkingonanyone’spart—therehadbeengatheredandwasnowbeingenforcedallthatcouldpossiblybeimaginedinthewayofunnecessaryandreallyunauthorizedcrueltyorstupidanddestructivetorture.Andtotheendthataman,oncecondemnedbyajury,wouldbecompelledtosuffernotalonethedeathforwhichhissentencecalled,butathousandothersbeforethat.Fortheveryroombyitsarrangement,aswellastherulesgoverningthelivesandactionsoftheinmates,wassufficienttobringaboutthistorture,willy-nilly.

           Itwasaroomthirtybyfiftyfeet,ofstoneandconcreteandsteel,andsurmountedsomethirtyfeetfromthefloorbyaskylight.Presumablyanimprovementoveranolderandworsedeathhouse,withwhichitwasstillconnectedbyadoor,itwasdividedlengthwisebyabroadpassage,alongwhich,onthegroundfloor,weretwelvecells,sixonasideandeightbyteneachandfacingeachother.Andaboveagainasecondtierofwhatwereknownasbalconycells—fiveonaside.

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