penal-class

Updated: May 7, 2025

Larry's got three days' bread and water, seven days' penal-class diet, and 'blued' fourteen days' remission; and Tim's got three days." Hospital. "Well, Larry partly deserves it. He was a fool to let the 'screw' see he had the 'snout; but what was Tim's offence?" "Speaking to a fellow in the ranks, and merely saying 'It was a fine morning; he'll get turned out of the cook-house, too.

- Six Years in the Prisons of England