| The warden dismissed the accusations made by Smith and the other prisoners as lies and exaggerations. |
| Actors playing warders, who were walking with prisoners, were not allowed to walk past other warders walking with prisoners in the corridor. |
| Yet, unaccountably, once he was faced with prisons, prisoners and warders, Balfour stopped entertaining the people. |
| The offices in Talo Udang Bay became the headquarters of the warden and in June 1941 the first group of 500 prisoners arrived. |
| It was an amazing place which was full of sadness, and you could feel the very wairua of those prisoners who had been there once. |
| The abiding impression left by the book is the way the prison system reduces prisoners and screws to animals. |
