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Scientific American, Vol. 77, No. 22 (1897) (1897)

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ht that the prisoner gets comes through the grated doorway of the cell. There isa further ob- jection to this systein on account of the unprotected condition of the balconies, which, with their low rail- ings, present an easy means of violence by the prisoner throwing himself or the turnkey over,… … pendently for exercise in the central corridor or for work in the shops. The locking bars governing the doors of the cells are so arranged us by reference to Figs. 1 and 2 that many of the features just enumerated have been entirely reversed, and that instead of being from 15 to 20 feet from the…

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