Preventing - the inmates from escaping was achieved by the presence of gaolers (sajjan) or soldiers and by chaining the inmates.
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After going insolvent in 1826, he had to sell most of his goods (worth £23 2s 9d) and sought work as agaolerwith some success.
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Several local officers, including clerks of the peace and gaolers, were appointed and paid by the grand jury.
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While the majority of prisoners duly recanted their beliefs, those who could appeal to sympathetic gaolers or state officials found the prospects more propitious.
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When we make the contributory principle ourgaoler, putting on irons and handcuffs, the time has come to break out.
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All that it has done is to change its garb from that ofgaolerto that of governess.
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But the staff are not gaolers, they are medical people; they are following a vocation.
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One tends to think that prison officers are just gaolers.
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Hisgaolersaid he could not help liking him, because he was such a nice chap and was so very friendly.
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He talked everywhere to prisoners; he talked to governors and gaolers.
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I hate to think what would happen if thegaolerhad a heart attack.
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Some of the gaolers are the worst types of men, and treat their prisoners like dirt.
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They find it difficult or impossible to secure the confidence of patients if they are considered as gaolers in addition to being doctors.
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He is thegaolerof the people who are in the prison van.
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The new co-operation between former gaolers and prisoners has had some bizarre results.
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