Patricia, I don't think Santa put coal in their stockings -- it was Sheriff Matt, and he put soap there.
Re your comment "I just thought that perhaps some of the prisoners might be lacking usual or normal mental clarity or coherence because of unsanitary conditions."
Maybe, maybe not -- it just might be the other way around. JMO.
AK
p.s. And yes, it IS difficult for Churak to stoop so low...he is King Churak, Soapmeister of The Jailhouse, and more used to others shtooping in his presence.