The herald., 1896-08-09

prisoners, and, as every one knows,
the Grand-RoQuette has some of it's in
most sections reserved for those con-
demned to death. while others hold the
exiles awaiting transportation to New
Caledonia In addition to these priS-
oners of Importance, the Grand Ro-
quette receives two or three hundred
prisoners whose terms are less than one
year
The Petite -Roquette is reserved ex-
clusively for young malefactors, as
Saint Lazare is reserved for women of
all classes
The prisoners are not forced to work
in the Depot or the Conciergerie; these
are houses of detention, and until the,
prisoner has been found guilty. his time
is at his own disposal They receive Wis
itors at the discretion of the jailors;
read, write, order their meals from out
side. smoke at their pleasure, all of which
things are prohibited after sentence has
been pronounced.
In the Depot, however, the Sisters of
Charity in charge of the woman's Sec
tion often provide cloth and sacks to be
made. but the work is voluntarily CIV
en-, for the prisoners are only here for
day or week, until their transfer to
Saint Lazare
EAGER FOR WORK
At MaZas the work is not obligatory,
but the prisoners confined to solitary
COuilHeLIeiI Ill LHelT Cells, nearly always,
sooner or later. ask for employment
BY reason of the short sojourns in
that prison, the work given Is very easy,
fastening bristles into the backs of wood
en- brushes, cracking nuts for the con-
fectioner, strlnging beans, shelling grain
for the merchants, plucking feathers
from fowls, which are afterWard dried
and made into boas and fans by the
women prisoners The amount earned
varies from / franc to 70 centimes per
day
The best paid work is for addressing
envelopes; for 1000 the sum of franc 20
centimes Is paid Some of the experts
can address from 5000 to 5000 per day, and
the least is $500 The necessity for iso-
lat1ng these prisoners prevents them
from working together in the great
WORKSHOPS, as in the Sante, for exam
PIE, wnere one flnds many curious indus
tries, some of them furnishing impor-
tant material to the trade folks
WHERE ALL LABOR
Everyone is busy at La Sante. The
old and the feeble sew rough cloth into
sacks, or untangle and ind into balls
great packages of thread and cord An
other simple industry is that of gum
ming and cutting sheets of white paper.
on which are printed labels. These diff
ferent kinds of work bring 10 to 20 sous
per day to each individual.
ShOemakerS repair Shoes tailors and
cleaners repair the clothing and the
linen of the place, nothing being made
outside of the prison walls The especial
industries OF the Sante are lampshades
Venetian lanterns and oil making Long
sheets of paper, rose-colored. blue, green
or violet are frosted and crinkled and
crimpled into the proper shape. and then
securely fastened to the iron or steel
frame work. These fragile beauties
sell for 10 sous, 20 sous, or even so SOUS
The workmen receive according to the
rapidity with which they work. from
franc to 1 franc centimes per day.
WHERE FLAGS ARE MADE.
The months from April to July are de-
voted to making flags Of all sorts and
sizes. The flags which drape the shops.
bearing upon their white breasts the
legend, ''vive la Liberte," Will tell you