A typical cell during the strike.Because of the terrible beatings that they endured when they left their cells, prisoners were left with no option but to defecate and smear their excrement inside the cells.
A screw prepares to clean out a cell.
To kkep their spirits alive the blanketmen sang and told stories out the cell doors at night.They also held Irish lessons and political discussions.A blanketman can be seen here writing an Irish lesson on a cell wall among the excrement.