Leaving the kitchen, and bending our steps to the left, we go along a sombre passage of the same character as the one described.
Passing through a door at the extremity, we enter a covered bridge leading across a court into the corridor of the male prison.
It has four galleries, surmounted with a glass roof, which presents a very cheerful appearance, very unlike the remaining portion of the old prison.
We observed a stair on the outside communicating with each gallery, which is girdled with an iron balustrade.
There is also a hoisting machine, by which provisions can be conveyed to each gallery in the short space of a minute and a half.
There is a machine for weighing the provisions in the centre of the corridor, and a dial over the second gallery.
In answer to our interrogatories, the deputy-governor gave us the following statement:—“The prisoners are brought here in prison vans from the various police courts over the metropolis, being committed for trial by the magistrates.
“The City magistrates commit to Newgate, and send prisoners for remand as well as for trial. The metropolitan police courts only send those who have been committed for trial.
“Those sentenced by the justices of the metropolitan police courts are sent to the House of Correction at Coldbath Fields, whereas those in the City are sent to Holloway Prison.
“Prisoners convicted of a capital offence remain in Newgate until they are executed or reprieved. Some are incarcerated in Newgate for short terms by the judges of the Old Bailey, such as for contempt of court, and others are sent by the House of Commons for a similar offence.”