prison-garb

Updated: May 26, 2025

The prison of the convicts is on the east side of the island adjoining the quarries, and is almost a town of itself, having twenty-five hundred inmates. The prison-garb is blue and white stripes in summer, and a brownish-gray jacket and oilskin cap in winter.

Joel Cook - England, Picturesque and Descriptive: A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel