| The five years he spent in the Algerian bagnios or prison-houses made an indelible impression on his works. |
| The bagnios were clearly gender segregated and complete nakedness strictly prohibited. |
| In France special prison bagnios were constructed in the eighteenth century at Toulon, Brest, Rochefort, and Lorient. |
| At Storytown's peak, over 2000 prostitutes, in various bagnios, were selling Love in hourly increments. |
| All these are Government slaves, and are carried off at once to one of the three great government prisons or bagnios. |
| The most notorious madam of the era was one Elizabeth Hayward who ran bagnios with a rare wit. |
