Show A ROTARY PRISON IT introduced IN ENGLAND and to I 1 called the convicts new tr ter lor nor 4 I 1 fiauu of steel II 11 as u intricate as a maze li the most ua to 17 at al C N ingenious plan for a steel trip ala prison from which it will bt ro ble for x 1011 r I 1 I 1 to chape has re bently been published s in apitai ance this pro propose I 1 4 new nein krisun will viii ls 10 like L great rattrap in that onca once inside the prisoner cannot set get out by any irregular v ly ty but bill must be released by the man in chare charge and Is flito also lite a squirrel cage ini inasmuch as it is rotary A prison ot of this sort 13 I 1 composed of three principal parts the building consisting of 0 four wilts and a root roof in which ll 11 is con conal ali nd cd and the center reaching Ning cylinder of 0 cells I cry vry part of thia this cylinder Is made ot of the best iron iran obtainable and the hot Is mounted OD on ball bearings 1 in sn st 11 a ay that it ma revolve at the will of 0 the official in charge so accurately is the cylinder balanced and so 50 well are the be beirl airings adjusted that it Is quite easy to moe move it by means ot of it hind hand crank though in actual practice the power ot of i t motor cither olther water or electric Is generally used in shape each cell exactly resembles a hollow wedge edge the big end ot of which Is formed by a segment ot of the clin cylinder ders outside shell while hile the smaller end touches the cylinder cylinders e core the roof root floor poor and sides of eich cell are made of chilled boiler iron eo so hard bard that the finest priest tempered chahel nr or the keenest file would hardly m mil 11 e an impression upon it none of these cells cell has a door though e eich etch one has in opening for going in and out this opening doeier no ho weier eier cannot be used tor for ell I 1 noll a I 1 loco ito il 1 II 11 I 1 THE ROTARY PRISON thia this purpose except when it Is exactly opposite a opening in the entrance and ani no to cells on the same game tier or stor star may tritty be entered at the same time outside the cylinder ot of cells but entirely disconnected fill it Is the feire case cage and this looks somewhat like a gig gi gintle antic stationary station ary squirrel cage wheel act set on end it Is made of thick steel birs chilled to a hardness fully equal to tint of the cylinder but separated fron the cylinder and cells just enough to be out of reach een eien should a prisoner get possession of tools for cutting his way out Coan connecting with it are the cage allie entrance galleries one tor for each tier each containing a double set ot of doors floors when the prisoners arc are to be taken out for exercise or to enter upon thel duties in the shops they must piss out singly the cage being revolved just tar far enough as each leaves his cell to bring the opening of the next cell into line with the entrance cage and they must enter in a similar fashion uben the last prisoner has gone in the dos do s of 0 the entrance cage are tire locked by one move ot of the hand while a derond mo movement fastens the cige in place so that it cannot be shifted the b inclosing such a prison ned be only a mere shell of brick or stone and ahn th prisoners may be hatched in their cells at all times from galleries or balconies on the inside ot of the walls nalle title this form of jail may not be adapted to great penal it possesses undoubted advantages for jails in which only it few prisoners are to be con tined it Is an english idea |