The prison regime was not at all arduous. The prisoners were permitted unhindered communication with the outside world and Churchill sent regular communications to the Morning Post. Adrian Hofmeyr, a pastor of Dutch extraction but colonial-born, imprisoned with the officers for his pro-British political views, described his prison space. A sketch was captioned: “My little corner in the Staats Model School – eight feet by six feet – in a room occupied by eight officers. Native blankets make a good tablecloth and carpet, and an umbrella stand upside down a bookcase. The table I bought and the flowers my sister sent me.”