Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1907 — CONVICTS TAKING DAILY EXERCISE IN AN ENGLISH PRISON. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CONVICTS TAKING DAILY EXERCISE IN AN ENGLISH PRISON.

This interesting photograph shows the scene in the prison yard at Wormwood Scrubs, England, when the convicts are taking their dally exercise. The men are taken out in squads. It will be noted that the walks in the yard are so laid out in serpentine manner that they never cross. Every convict has to start in at one end and follow the windings of the walk until he reaches

the other end. These fellows get coffee and bread for breakfast and supper and the same for dinner, with potatoes and a bit of meat added. It does not seem likely that the men can hanker for much exercise on such fare, but it is compulsory. Wormwood Scrubs is called the greatest penal institution in England.

[image: Photo - Prisoners at Wormwood Scrubs, England.]