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Full Title	In times of peril : leaves from the diary of Nurse Linda Kearns from Easter week, 1916, to Mountjoy, 1921 / edited by Annie M.P. Smithson.
Author	Kearns, Linda.
Contributor	Smithson, Annie M.P. De Valera, Eamon, 1882-1975.
Date Added	4 February 2016
Format	Book
Language	English
Publish Date	1922
Publisher	Dublin : Talbot Press ; London : T. Fisher Unwin Ltd.,
Source	Joseph McGarrity Books.
Topic	Kearns, Linda. Prisoners > Ireland > Diaries. Nurses > Biography. Ireland > History > Easter Rising, 1916.
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OCR "‘l MY SENTENCE AND EXILE. 39 high, and stiffened my powers of endurance, but terrible times of depression visited me, when I felt as if the shadow would never again be lifted from my life. And the long days were always there, stretch- ing out interminably before me, and had to be lived through-years, months, weeks, and hours-every minute, from the first chill of dawn to the dreadful blackness of the prison night. The food was uneat- able, and I could take very little of it; indeed I lived for the most part of my time there on the pint of milk a day. I hated, too, the convict garb, but above all I hated those with whom I was associated. Now, there are certain rules and regulations re- lating to prison life in England which can apparently be broken at will by the officials when it suits them to do so. My own case was an example of this, as the following will explain. The prisoners are divided into three classes: 1st. The First Offenders-These are always kept separate from the other prisoners. No matter how bad their crime may have been, if it is a first offence they rank with the first class, are separate to them- selves, and wear a red star on their shoulder. 2nd. The Intermediates-These have been in prison before, but they are mostly in for the lesser crimes-stealing, shoplifting, etc. 3rd. The Rccidivists-Tliese are the very worst type of criminal. They usually have many convic- tions against them, and of the worst kind-murder, illegal operations, big robberies, etc. Now, imagine the injustice of these English people who had my whole record and history before them, x ‘ ...............’-V

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