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RETURN of the GAOLS, &c.--continued.
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RETURN of the GAOLS, &c.--continued.
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QUESTIONS.
ANSWERS.
1. General Description of the Prison: non fait consisting of three detached
whether Common Gaol, House of building imrounded by a stone stall 25 Correction, or otherwise? (To be feet high at the S.E. and
ds. Mangles accompanied by a Ground Plan of arected towo Lovers, one
of thin the Buildings, &c.) by the Curopean June theys, the other temporarily cupied
occupied. des a the now getting one by ones actined for
Sailors tendance and office overlooking the Souf stands the Iside. And a residence for a fait qu'und within the Juil Compound on the A. side with buildings newly erectis
intendence; and what Measures are Loiler une
1853.
2. Under whose jurisdiction and super. That of the sheriff generally and of the
mediately. The fouil vinted. adopted for securing the Visitation of by the motives of the Pease in the Prison by the Local Magistrates on, occasionally by the chief or other Authorities? (A Copy of Magistrate...
the Rules and Regulations to be for-.
warded with the Return.)- -
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3. Number of Officers, and how ap One Sailor, one assistant Sailor. Tier
pointed? Do all the Officers reside upean unikeys. Fourteen Indian in the Prison? Are Female Prisoners and one Chincue fuurd, all attended by Female Officers ex-sident antiim the Prison walls. Je- clusively?
«suale prisoner are attended to feruate Inorthey, exclusively.
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4. Number of Classes, Divisions, or Light Classes, viz : - Telons under contence Wards, Day-rooms, Work-rooms, and of death all other felan misdemeanouts Airing-yards (with reference to Persons committle for trial for felony. Ditto
misdemeanor ! Remandet prisoners
Debtore. Part of the Prison yord fratt for drying
Plan); and whether the same can for be extended or increased?
Asférovers set aside for working in. Another, separate good for Chain gang.
yard
Kletter. ald
5. Number of Sleeping Cells, Solitary Fourteen Sleeping Calls robrich are sadd
or Dark-cells, &c.; and if below ground?
Any are Solitary Celle when required
Shove
are suited to Entain the peri- Six men in cach- Some are belor
QUESTIONS.
ANSWERS
6. Dietary or Weekly Allowance, and buropean prisoner receive Weekly Beef 3/1⁄2 the
Weekly Cost per head for the diff-Breadth, degetables 7 tts Sugar the. Lax 3ft ops and ferent description of Prisoners? and Soap #fromworth, Cast portteck. 2/or Colored__ under what system and control the pridentity lice 10 lattice shish 14. Jacle, Food, Medicine, and Clothing for en lien of fiate. &
& Facts Vagetables daily, as the the Prisoners is contracted for, or firewood for cooking, Weekly Cat 3/1633/4 otherwise provided? Food contracted for yearly. It is inspected by Imiter and occasionally by the shariff and colonial notarial Surgeon. Clothing
Medicince qupplied by Roveri fut leivil dapital by direction of 4 supplied when necessary...
and Cost
7. "Allowance of Clothing and Bedding, Tagulated supply, but Blankets issued to
head? Colored prisoners
carolin stinter! To Curopeans all the uassary.
per
Yound", Clothing when
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8. Hours of Labour and Exercise? Chinese and Colored Primers sentenced to hand labour
work from to A. M. until dusk porr, with intervals for ovals. Europeans fame "I a. ille sected to the with intervals for theals. Strike of t to & A. M. and from & Pick. to $6 form..
Exercice from to alM-
9. Description of Employment and chinue and Colored premore work on the
Hard Labour? leads, cleaning prison. Corning se, also stone treasing, donning forpentering, and Celactionvisting for pricat mill, wear stines, pick oakum Latid make spine yam.
Europeans worth me that
wh
10. Amount of Earnings, and how sp. The greater part of labres is an
account of.....
plied; in what proportion to the government - The Teceipts amount to do lovale
Prisoners, to the Officers, or the fund the your £10.13.0. which is paid.
inte
for the maintenance of the Prison; Treasury, no portion being diverted to Prisoner Officen
other
11. Whether the Classification directed The Classification directer
by the Colonial Act has been' ob--Ordinance fully carried by the Colonial.
served: if not, for what reasons; and
what measures have been taken to remedy this defect?
12. Are convicted Prisioners prohibited Not prohibited from receiving visits or lettere, bot
from receiving Visits, or Letters, or at the discretion of the Jailor. All lestion inspected. any articles of Food or Clothing from by Jailer. Any article of clottring sdunted, but no their Relatives or Friends: if not, food unless to a commuided fivisoners
under what restrictions 2.
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