The tower also housed the armory and the cells for high-ranking prisoners.
There are a lot of abuses there, but they are secure and have had high-ranking prisoners looking after them from day one.
We have learned-never mind how-that you hold certain high-ranking prisoners who are of great interest to us.
In the cells for high-ranking prisoners, there are two windows but the outermost layer is sanded glass instead of glass painted white.
There is a prison library that only high-ranking prisoners were allowed to use.
During this period the island was also used as a penal ground for high-ranking political prisoners, including Napoleon Bonaparte.
During this time he was allowed out and about on the island which was not uncommon for high-ranking political prisoners.
From around 1720, the fort served as a base for the city garrison and also as a prison for high-ranking or political prisoners.
He was logged into this luxurious camp for high-ranking prisoners as POW 18809.
All with the exaggerated formality of handling a very high-ranking prisoner of war.