"...the floor was strewn with bundles of clothes, and a prisoner, with his hair wet and clinging in matted pencils about his face, busy dressing himself in... Flannels, shirt, and stockings, and with a couple of warders in large aprons standing nearby."

(Criminal Prisons in London and Scenes of Prison Life gan H. Mayhew a J. Binny, cyhoeddwyd gyntaf yn 1862.)

Yn y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg roedd llawer yn credu mai 'glendid sydd nesaf at dduwioldeb' ac roedd y carcharorion yn cadw at reolau glanweithdra caeth:

"Every Prisoner shall make his or her own bed, and be washed before 9 o'clock every morning, on pain of forfeiting one day's allowance of provisions. Soap, towels, and combs provided for washing by the Gaoler.

" Mae'r baddon yn y gell hon, a'r un y drws nesaf, wedi eu gwneud o briddwaith, ac roeddynt yn cael eu defnyddio gan y carcharorion gwryw a oedd yn cael un bath yr wythnos.

Roedd rheolau llym hefyd ynglyn â chadw'r carchar yn lân:

"The chambers and cells shall be swept out by the Prisoners every morning before the same are left, and washed clean twice a week in the summer, and once in the winter... The day rooms, stairs, and stair-cases shall be washed and cleansed by the Prisoners, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, in every week in the summer, and on Wednesdays and Saturdays in the winter; and also the yards, baths, and privies in the same order..."

("County of Denbigh Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Gaol, and Female Prison at Ruthin, 1826.")