Underworld London by Catharine Arnold

Author:Catharine Arnold [Arnold, Catharine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780857201171
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK

Pentonville had been designed as a ‘convict academy’ where specially selected prisoners would undergo a period of moral instruction before transportation; they would also learn a trade that would provide them with a livelihood in exile once they had completed their sentence. The regime was a notoriously harsh one. Anonymity was imposed, and the prisoner was addressed only by the number of his cell, which was displayed on a brass badge pinned to his chest. Whenever he left his cell, he was required to wear a brown cloth cap with a mask that completely covered his face. One visitor to Pentonville remarked on the prisoners’ eerie appearance:

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