Letter from Roger Casement to Father Edward Murnane, 16 July 1916
University College Dublin Archives
<head>In replying to this letter, please write on the envelope:- <lb/>NUMBER 1270 NAME Roger Casement <lb/>Pentonville PRISON</head>
The following regulations as to communications, by Visit or Letter, between prisoners and their friends are notified for information of their correspondents.
The permission to write and receive Letters, is given to prisoners for <lb/>the purpose of enabling them to keep up a connection with their respectable friends <lb/>and not that they may be kept informed of public events.
All Letters are read by the Prison Authorities. They must be legibly <lb/>written and not crossed. Any which are of an objectionable tendency, either to or <lb/>from prisoners, or containing slang, or improper expressions, will be suppressed.
Prisoners are permitted to receive and to write a letter at intervals, <lb/>which depend on the rules of the stage they attain by industry and good conduct; <lb/>but matters of special importance to a prisoner may be communicated at any time by <lb/>Letter (prepaid) to the Governor who will inform the prisoner thereof, if expedient.
In case of misconduct, the privilege of receiving and writing a Letter <lb/>may be forfeited for a time.
Money, Books, Postage Stamps, Food, Tobacco, Clothes &c., should <lb/>not be sent to Prisoners, for their use in prison, as nothing is allowed to be received <lb/>at the Prison for that purpose.
Persons attempting to clandestinely communicate with, or to introduce <lb/>any article to or for prisoners, are liable to fine and imprisonment, and any prisoner <lb/>concerned in such practices is liable to be severely punished.
Prisoners' friends are sometimes applied to by unauthorized persons, to <lb/>send Money, &c., to them privately, under pretense, that they can apply it for the <lb/>benefit of the prisoners, and under such fraudulent pretense, such persons endeavour <lb/>to obtain money for themselves. Any Letter containing such application, received by <lb/>the friends of a prisoner should be, at once, forwarded by them to the Governor.
Prisoners are allowed to receive Visits from their friends, according <lb/>to rules, at intervals which depend on their stage.
When visits are due to prisoners notification will be sent to the friends <lb/>whom they desire to visit them.
<add>No. 243</add> <add>(8254-20-4-60</add>