Other transported offenders were "political criminals"; that is, persons who criticized or opposed the government.
I have already successfully conducted several public prosecutions, and brought the offenders to merited punishment.
I can only give the reader some faint idea of the place, which, they said, was called the fasting room, and here incorrigible offenders fasted until they starved to death.
The Americans protested vigorously but ineffectually against this practice. Indeed, they exaggerated its evils, for many of the "criminals" were only mild offenders against unduly harsh and cruel laws.