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Maidstone accommodates foreign national prisoners convicted of a range of offences; about two-thirds of whom are deported at the end of their sentence. The prison is classed as a "training prison" and includes a print shop and brick works. A good deal of work is carried out on the gardens, they
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reported poor living conditions including overcrowding and poor ventilation. However, conditions would remain unchanged until a reconstruction of the prison lasting from 1811 until its completion in 1819 at a cost of £200,000, under the supervision of
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improvement of living conditions such as improving the water supply, sanitation and ventilation system; many of these renovations were made with prison labour over the course of the century.
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bacteria was discovered in the water supply. Approximately 80 prisoners were dispersed to other prisons. At the end of
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