▁member ▁of ▁the ▁trib unal , ▁Major - General ▁I ona ▁Nik itchen ko , ▁file d ▁a ▁document ▁recording ▁his ▁diss ent ▁of ▁H ess ' s ▁sentence ; ▁he ▁felt ▁the ▁death ▁sentence ▁was ▁war r anted . ▁ ▁Sp and au ▁Pr ison ▁Sp and au ▁was ▁placed ▁under ▁the ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁Al lied ▁Control ▁Council , ▁the ▁gover ning ▁body ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁the ▁military ▁occupation ▁of ▁Germany , ▁which ▁consisted ▁of ▁represent atives ▁from ▁Britain , ▁France , ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁and ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union . ▁Each ▁country ▁supplied ▁prison ▁gu ards ▁for ▁a ▁month ▁at ▁a ▁time ▁on ▁a ▁rot ating ▁basis . ▁After ▁the ▁in m ates ▁were ▁given ▁medical ▁exam in ations — H ess ▁refused ▁his ▁body ▁search , ▁and ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁held ▁down — they ▁were ▁provided ▁with ▁prison ▁gar b ▁and ▁assigned ▁the ▁numbers ▁by ▁which ▁they ▁were ▁addressed ▁throughout ▁their ▁stay . ▁H ess ▁was ▁Number ▁ 7 . ▁The ▁prison ▁had ▁a ▁small ▁library ▁and ▁in m ates ▁were ▁allowed ▁to ▁file ▁special ▁requests ▁for ▁additional ▁reading ▁material . ▁Writing ▁materials ▁were ▁limited ; ▁each ▁in mate ▁was ▁allowed ▁four ▁pieces ▁of ▁paper ▁per ▁month ▁for ▁letters . ▁They ▁were ▁not ▁allowed ▁to ▁speak ▁to ▁one ▁another ▁without ▁permission ▁and ▁were ▁expected ▁to ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁facility , ▁helping ▁with ▁clean ing ▁and ▁garden ing ▁ch ores . ▁The ▁in m ates ▁were ▁taken ▁for ▁out door ▁wal ks ▁around ▁the ▁prison ▁grounds ▁for ▁an ▁hour ▁each