Show at N I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 1110 absolute isolation at i uthe j the prison of LoRT I 1 1 I of the malson celler le I 1 an f apparition lied bed and wid hoard board lr c 0 I 1 hie the dunan Dunc cou in the whole of europe there is but onel one prison in which the fy ianne of absolute isolation isola tiou by day aal and andje by v night instill is still enforced all al an i l it hason has thai brounda gro unda st jarige aej a ud sa sad d celebrity that ono prison 1 vibe is the mais mailou ou Ceni centrale rale of louvain jn tn england eig inn d and in france F ranc i e prisoners are submitted to less severe penalties for although they are arc condemned to silence they at least work in common walk in common in in common and confinement to their eel la is only a temporary measure re ifred to incase in case of insubordination or misbehavior the question u nn 04 pe pending d in in in france of rep replacing efio actual penitentiary by lh the solitary oli lary system adopted in belgium gives interest to the do tails ofa of a visit paid to the prison pilson of louvain the buildings ore situated on the anterior boulevards nearly outside the tho town they date from twenty years back but abut their tall reddish walls havo retained the fres liness wafe ar vass ness admission ion io to the in t teri c an only be given by tho tile minister inister who grants the etim i litsi oll ial walh such difficulty elih that the tile rare visitors arc are always treated with the utmost courtesy and consideration Elde ration and enabled to see as much of the interior administration as is colsh 1 1 nt lit with the rules and discipline tho the buildings all converge to a central apala whence a warder can caily easily survey tho tile six immense avenues or wings cousis consisting of two st stories of cells while some rue slight repaired were men 3 being made to one of these cells a ii figure burc suddenly a appeared standing motionless at we the door a mysterious and ghastly ap w biad ad entirely ill in white e linen head and face closely masked by a hood of the same material air wa was admitted to eyes nose and mouth by four round holes obeying ii ll rapid air ok jaum the tile egure turned to the wall wal I 1 and crossed its hands behind ita its hack back it wad a 2 convict E even ven th through rout hei the aperture of its concealed concealing I 1 headgear the prisoner oner of loucain must ne never ver catch a passing glimpse of any human face abc acc beyond his keep koep er arri 1 i and ud no breath of the outer world musa ever pass pas upon u hia his shrouded check cheek ile IIo wears ears his linen ho ad winter anter but duj hela hels provided with warm brown woolen clothes la bordi compulsory and ana the days d aymare are spen tinen unvarying monotonous road 6 f me duties at G ih i eueala of an oran tah wake the they pome from th the chapel chape lall hll tho the doors of richare wl char e open eli and the prisoner r who can play the organ tho first chord s agnal for nil all thel the lothers drs to torise friedr dresa us 6 anu mikea up their beds and bed ding the music id lasts fo for r 15 latea and why at ut tho the will vill of oatha tile consist pt rel r religious el ivious anthems anth cina operatic aird airs waltzes or polkas notes that must strike with dreary significance on the ears orsome of some of the wretched beings cloistered cloister i ed there they thy do not all belong to the dregs leon and tye r are thero there expiating he lie murder r of the lawyer aay e r bernays i whose trial two years cars ago age startled the world by bt its revelations at kt the tile aa ant tt sound of the organ the harders roust find each man at hia his work v ork breakfast consists of half X of coffee and brea brealand dand the two meala meale of the day soup and vegetables three times ft a week oe con convicts evicts hava fris li meat but uever never wine the convict who has earned a certificate certin pato of good character however lio wever can procure come kome at the prison canteen as well asberr cr and toba tob acro poin in stated quantities each day the I 1 prisoners prisoners riso ners are taken out 0 of otheir their cells in rotation for solitar solitary y exercise exercise in in separate ya yards ads the rest of the time ia is en tire ly g given i ven up to the tile accomplishment in eng of their allotted portion of work except on sunday which ia is a it day clay of absolute rest between the religious serviced the convicts aro are at liberty I 1 to employ their leisure in their cells as they think proper the prison library contains a con sid erable co collection liec tion of books of travel and such publications dons as tho the magasin from which ech maii can mako make a selection only those who can neit herrea d nor write are compelled to attend school for instruction between anasa mass and vesper this taki in the c chapel b a el itself lap nothing etli 1 aug g can bo be imore e striking than the construction and internal a q arrangements of this chapel itis it is a large cycle or wheel consisting fonsS sting entirely of super poised poise A flights of steps like a circular aud and reversed mhd center of will which ch stands alic al I 1 tar lowering mf carlove far above love tho the headdi eo cf of tile phantomlike phantom like cc congregation gremitt gre gitt n each rc row w Is ia divided into compartments or 1 1 1 I 1 14 I 1 pigeon holes just I 1 larace largo enough for a man to eit sit and kneel 6 1 when when the hour for divine service has come the first cell is oVe opened by a warder nud and convict 20 no 1 ia is led out conducted to the chapel and entering tile row to fo which C ii he belongs walks to the farthest compartment part ment which A at t once closes upon him T then han only no 2 leav leaves es his cell and goes through the same sam e performance and so on till all till arc are settled no man being permitted to move till the one immediately preceding him has entered hi ad allucy pen after mass they are all taken back into their cells in tho the saine order and with tild same precaution I 1 I 1 there are about twelve flights of steps coil containing taini sixt sixty y sea scabs scats Is each but as the circle cirle I 1 of the chapel ia divi divided derl by five or six immense partitions tit ions into each of of which the prisoners arc carried simultaneously I 1 the operation takes v coi 0 a apara ara I 1 dively only a short timo tron atom his stall each convict mablei ml able to see sed and follow every mo movement 1 ve 1 p nent of the priest tc who officiates at attebe the altar on aar se the e central n tr platform while lie io cannot catch even a of his right and left hand neighbor owing i n 1 1 to tile of tap dividing door d oora nor I 1 can he ie look over at tho the 0 opposite osite row which ii H hidden by a boarding higher than himself Vini self and which us cn actually bluis out from his hi s view vi 1 div those above or be fore and b behind chind him 4 tho the cells are clean afi well arranged daylight is admitted by a email window beyond beyo nl t he the prisoners reach the i 13 s perfect in winter the mouth of a hot air pipe gives heat and in the evening the necessary light is procured by a diw gas jet to which there is no the interior of tho the cell the furniture consists of a washstand a la cL on the best sanitary principle a 1 shelf supporting some sonic newty utensils ils and abd an non iron bed tho the bedding is a foundation of ngn V it nia mattrass two sheets one blanket bla filet in summer and two in winter ind nd a bolster the convict has haa t to fold and put pit these things away the bed itself is taken to piece pieces aa and find placed a against gli ast tho tile wall for forming 11 a table in h front ont 0 of f which 13 a al amri 6 stool the remainder of the spica is taken up by the i M opy op y y ib LV ill leewu 1 I U 9 arr Y daily task tuk some ome of the convicts con victa aro are shoemakers others bookbinders tailors carpenters even smiths the newcomer COO er who knows no trade is caught auglis one those who have had hao it superior education are employed in copying students essays the product ot of each mans labor fa is divided equally between the state and himself this latter portion 14 again half being put aside ar the day dai of his liberation if not incarcerated aerated for libei life and ard the other deposited at the canteen for his private vate use his earnings nc never exceed 2 or 3 cents a day I 1 in the tile evening labor ended ho be dines dinc sund and goes goes to bed to the dreary silence of it the d day it succeeds tile dreary st si lence of th the e darkness the rul rules es of the prison are such that the convicts must replace their hooded masks as soon as the doors of their cells open they cannot expose their faces even to their wal warders ders if perc perchance h ance a faco face is seen by bv a doctor it i i is paled by llie the long ipg sun sunless I 1 CBS 8 shadow ha d ow in which it lives li vels and the want of bracing blowing air for even the daily walk of achour am hour in alio th c prison yards I 1 is i s at beat best only exercises in in cramped passages between two high walls partly roofed shut in by iron gates stretching out like the ribs ot of a gi antje fan and aud where a few stunted plants p 1 tit soon wither and die the prisoners have that flaccid neshin esa which comes from absence of movement in ove and stimulating activity yet in contradiction to the opinion prevailing ailing in france that no man could stand solitary confinement for ten tell years without succumbing or get getting t ing insane it has been found not to be the case at louvian two of the inmates haye baye dwelt there since 1864 the date of its foundation being transferred to the central house after a ten lears years imprisonment prison inept at ghent they had hal been condemned to death but ow owl ing to the virtual abolition of the penalty of death in belgium tho the had comma t sentence to the perpetual entombment of their present abode when prisoners 1 r have deserved an alle alleviation vi L ton nf n f their penalty by tea ten years of uninterrupted good conduct cun duct they arc are sent to ghent when thy tho rules of the prison allo allow w of their working in common the secondary buildings antabi the infirmary latt laundry linen 1 looms bathroom bathrooms bak bakeries eric Q and kitchens kit chena all kept wih with a scrupulous cleanly deas remarkable remark ablo even in that land of unrivaled cleanliness huge iron pots contained au an abundance of excellent boiling for the eve evening no i 9 duex I 1 I 1 and tho the brea bready di ul u l though brown was sweet crisp wid of better quality than that rationed out but to fhe the army anc but isolated cues evolt f havo ave ever laken taken place at louraina Lou vainA valt these ara are punishable by me incarceration arcera in a subterranean dungeon dilu meon containing fi izig nothing but a single 10 r 16 wooden bench nearl nearly otal prevails 3 abr time tiou tion within its its 1 walls ails eight daye during durin which the prisoner ia is kept on bread read and an water bf punishment it i rarely re rerouted to pa tharo 14 1 which is is v viewed le alved i with f fai k reata dread the t privation f fr vir those eilent r recluses rec lusca this labor is mhd ohl v link wh lc ii connects them ever s so 0 r i y w birti livi living ng world woold it id is more than AH nit tecuma tion at jt ie is a favor a almost fi a pT ale caSare and eird ac taking ii jiji 4 frai bardy fails to insure the ilie subhi si of eflee alie rel er I 1 1 I 1 whether or not the tle system sr solitary confinement ha a ti for iho the rep r il 6 jo 5 arinia awethe too t e community in than alib libor in fl opted in n penile i LIM un d quia hali halt se abo iram his alil 0 w is at leation quett ioa bot ansil lightly solved solm but it itis ia im tt U ble to iea leava the maison 0 centrale r 91 its in tho the tse st details without a feeling of almost superstitious horror at tho tile dision vision of those thoo beings cloi cloistered eterei in ill eternal isolation doomed doon ed to P I 1 un broken si sil efte ericc buried ill in their livery irre of infamy faem a shroud th face fince or each 1 as bcalel sc alel ll 11 to his GOO coall niona of 0 f crime crime aud shame shaine aro dropped plied into tha the baine tomb with w i alth elt osithe vhf the lid ofa a hail had closed and the hand ol 01 death forever obliterated its I 1 fen feni i lures az |