Quebec Morning Chronicle - Monday, June 10, 1895
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Wilde in Pentonville.
A London despatch says:— Oscar Wilde is not insane as reported. On the contrary, the weekly report of the Governor of Pentonville prison to the Home Office says he is doing well. The medical officer of Pentonville called at the Prison Department on Wednesday to correct the sensational story. He said that after recovery from prostration the morning after conviction, Wilde, on entering the prison, was well enough to be put on prison fare and on Monday, May 27, was placed on the treadmill. Every day since then Wilde has performed regular service there and will not be relieved from that monotonous and terrible punishment until Monday, June 24. At the end of this preliminary service after conviction the lightest punishment for a prisoner in Wilde’s class is work at ruling forms for the Prison Department. But unless Wilde’s health suffers meanwhile he is certain tone put to the harder work of bag-making for the remaining portion of his sentence. The same authority says that under the existing rules prisoners undergoing Wilde’s sentence can obtain no remission of time in return for good conduct. But the Government Committee on Prison Discipline, presided over by Mr. Herbert Gladstone, has just made a recommendation, which, if adopted by the Prison Board, will extend to prisoners in Wilde’s position, benefits by which, should he earn the fullest possible number of marks for conduct and labor, Wilde will be eligible for release on license in twenty months. It is probable that the suggestion of the committee will be adopted.
Oscar Wilde has not gone off his head as reported by the "Pall Mall Gazette." On the contrary, the weekly report of the Governor of Pentonville prison, made June 5th to the Home Office, says he is doing well. The medical officer of Pentonville called at the Department on the 5th to correct the sensational statement. He says that on recovering from prostration o the next morning after conviction Wilde, on entering the prison, was well enough to be put on prison fare, and on Monday, May 27th, was placed on the treadmill. Every day Wilde performed regular service there, and was only relieved from that monotonous and terrible punishment on June 22nd. Ruling forms for the prison department, or bag-making will be the prisoner's lot during the remaining time of the sentence. The same authority informed the "New York World's" correspondent, Ballard Smith, that under the existing rules prisoners undergoing Wilde's sentence can obtain no remission of time in return for good conduct. But the Government Commission on Prison Discipline, presided over by Herbert Gladstone, has made a recommendation which, if adopted by the prisoner's board, will extend to prisoners in Wilde's position certain benefits by which, should he earn the fullest possible number of marks for conduct and labour, Wilde will be eligible for a release, on a license, in 20 months. It is probably the suggestion of the Committee will be adopted.
Oscar Wilde has not gone off his head, as reported by the Pall Mall Gazette. On the contrary, the weekly report of the Governor of Pentonville prison, made on June 5th to the Home Office, says he is doing well. The medical officer of Pentonville called at the Department on the 5th to correct the sensational statement. He says that on recovering from prostration on the next morning after conviction Wilde, on entering the prison, was well enough to be put on prison fare, and on Monday 27th, was placed on the treadmill. Every day Wilde performed regular service there, and was only relieved from that monotonous and terrible punishment on June 22nd. Ruling forms for the prison department, or bag-making, will be the prisoner's lot during the remaining time of the sentence. The same authority informed the New York World's correspondent, Ballard Smith, that under the existing rules prisoners undergoing Wilde's sentence can obtain no remission of time in return for good conduct. But the Government Commission on Prison Discipline, presided over by Herbert Gladstode, has made a recommendation which, if adopted by the prisoner's board, will extend to prisoners in Wilde's position certain benefits by which should he earn the fullest possible number of marks for conduct and labor, Wilde will be eligible for a release, on a licence, in 20 months. It is probably the suggestion of the Committee will be adopted.