When a prisoner wished to visit the water-closet, he rang his bell, and sooner or later (often later) he was let out.

Each wing had two closets in a deep recess, the door shielding the occupant's person from mid-leg to breast.

During the night the nondescript lidded article was brought into requisition.

When the cell doors were opened at six o'clock in the morning every prisoner put out his "slops," which were emptied by the cleaners.

This scavenger's work must be very distasteful, but so anxious are the prisoners to get out of their cells that there are always plenty of candidates for the office.