Whereas the two carters continued the reinforcement process, the miner hammered holes to put the explosive in and then detonate it after exiting the mine.  All of the rocky mass exploded by the dynamite would be the new work front for the successive shift. The second shift would follow the same routine as the first and then leave the area for the third.

Family meetings were done according to a monthly schedule determined by prison command.  Prisoners were entitled to meet their families twice a month for 15 minutes. Furthermore, they could send two letters a month to their families, whereas telegrams and cards were allowed with no limitation. Meetings were always done in the presence of wardens.

The tunnels’ amortization was one of the largest impediments of the prisoners’ work process and often in their testimonies they recalled that the greatest difficulty was raising a wagon when it derailed and fell. The prisoner was forced to raise the wagon on his own using his shoulders and upon restoring it on the rails, he refilled it with the fallen mineral.

Afternoon at the camp for first-shift prisoners continued after roll call with what was called ideological education. In the camp library, the literature and press of the Labor Party of Albania was read. We learn from many testimonies that this process started from 05:10 pm to 7:30 pm. For the prisoners of conscience, this was another form of psychological violence.

The first site where roll call was done in the first years of the camp’s operation was the open area near the smith’s. Beyond traditional schedules of roll calls, mainly when returning from the mine, as well as when departing to work, roll call was done through an alarm notifying all prisoners to gather in the designated area. That was where prisoners were often held for hours (two to three hours), under the sun, rain or even icy frosts during winter. Prisoners had to stand straight as this process went on.