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Not very good. They weren't clean often and were very poorly lit. Cells were either very large for multiple people or very small. The food was... well remember what the pilgrims ate on the way to America? In prison it was three times as bad. Prisoners were not allowed anytime outside to walk around or given access to even the quackiest medical care of the age.

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