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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: The imprisoned man is not compelled to sleep on planks, or to have a mattress on alternate days only; the day he comes…

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The imprisoned man is not compelled to sleep on planks, or to have a mattress on alternate days only; the day he comes to the prison he gets a decent bed and retains it.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin highlights the humane conditions provided to prisoners in France, contrasting them with harsher practices elsewhere.

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