I like THE GREAT ROUND WORLD. Mrs. Mills, my
teacher, reads something out of it every morning that she has
time. Will you please answer a few questions? Can the prisoners
in Sing Sing prison talk together? If not, why not? Can they,
after doing their day's work, do work for themselves and keep
the money? Yours truly,

CARL C.
CHEYENNE, WYO., April 5th, 1897.


MY DEAR CARL:

The prisoners in Sing Sing are not allowed to talk together. This is part
of their punishment. Prisoners cannot do work for themselves and keep the
money. They used to have certain tasks given to them every day, and when
these were done they went back to their cells. Under the present law they
stay in their cells all the time, except for a certain period of exercise,
when they go round and round the prison yard. EDITOR.




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