10
6.
The gist of the memorial is that in place of the improvements to the Gaol rendered necessary by.
a
strict adherence to the
conditions laid down in
the despatch of the 7th of ~ July, a block should be built providing separate cell accommodation for
from
%
200 to 250 prisoners.
I
annexe a table,
showing the number
prisoners confined in the
Gaol
Encl. 5.
9th Dec
17
551
Gaol on the 7th instant for terms not exceeding 6 months,
and when it is considered that the total number
of
on
prisoners in the Gaol
amounted to only
that day
HE
491, it will be seen that a
81 very large proportion of the Gaol population is sentenced, to short terme for trivial offences.
For such prisoners -
separate confinement can, I submit, hardly be considered
indispensable