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.
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…”
Editor's note · Context
Kropotkin highlights the humane conditions provided to prisoners in France, contrasting them with harsher practices elsewhere.
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