Image::1 The revolt of the boys who were kept at the reformatory
colony of Porquerolles, has disclosed the abominable
treatment to which they were submitted. The
facts brought last February before a court, have shown
that the food they received was of the worst imaginable
description, and absolutely insufficient. In fact,
they were kept hungry throughout. As to the treatment,
it was really horrible. The crapaudine a
medieval instrument of torture was freely resorted to
by the warders and the lady-proprietor of the colony.
As to the colony of Mettray, which was often represented
as a model colony, it appears from a discussion
at the French Chamber of Deputies on March 31st,
1887, that there also the treatment of children is most
cruel. The facts brought forward during the discussion
quite agree with my private information as to the
barbarous treatment of children at that colony.
(Source: In Russian and French Prisons, London: Ward and Downey; 1887.)
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Appendix D