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Questions.
XIII. What were the number and nature of the punishments inflicted for offences committed by pri- soners undergoing imprisonment ?
Answers.
The number of reports for Prison offences during the year 1896 was 3,887, of these 239 were dismissed, 715 were cautioned and 2,933 were punished in the manner detailed below, viz.:-
159 with Rice and Water 1 day.
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Solitary Confinement on Bread and Water 2 days. Solitary Confinement on Bread and Water 3 days. Whipping awarded by Superintendent.
Loss of supper.
Extra Crank.
Extra Shot and Stone.
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Loss of Marks.
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Separate Confinement.
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Crank Labour.
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Punishments awanled by the Superintendent and a Justice of the Peace of which 34 were whippine
XIV. Is there, or are there, any Chaplain or Chap- lains of any and what religious persuasions?
XV. Are religious services regularly, or otherwise, porformed for the benefit of the prisoners of any, and if any, what religious persuasion?
XVI. Are Roman Catholic Priests and Dissouting Ministers allowed free access to prisoners of their own persuasion, and are they apprised when prisoners of their respective persuasions enter the Prison?
XVII. What provision is made for the education of prisoners ?
XVIII. On what conditions is romission of im- prisonment granted ?
XIX. Have Coroner's inquests beon hold on every occasion of a death in Prison during the past year, and what were the verdicts ?
XX.-1. What was the sanitary state of the Prison
during the year 1896?
2. What were the prevailing diseases?
2,933
Protestant and Roman appointed.
Catholic Chaplains are
Religious services aro regularly held for the benefit of Episcopalian prisoners, and occasionally for Presby- terian, and other Dissenting prisoners.
The Prison is also visited by Roman Catholic Priosts, who hold a service for both European and Chinese prisoners of that persuasion.
A religious service is also held regularly every Sunday morning for the benefit of Chinese prisoners by native clergymen belonging to St. Stephen's Church. Attendance voluntary.
They are allowed free access to the Prison at such hours ns do not interfere with the discipline of the Prison. Intimation is immediately sent to any Minister or Priest, if at any time a prisoner expresses a desire to see him.
None; but all aro supplied with religious and other useful booka.
Every prisoner under a first sentence of imprisonment with hard labour for two years or upwards may earn remission of sentence by industry accompanied by good conduct.
The maximum remission obtainable by male and female prisoners is and of the sentence respectively. Prisoners undergoing a second sentence of imprison- ment with hard labour for two years or upwards are not allowed the privilege of carning any remission of their sentence during the first year of such second sentonco; but if their couduct and industry during the first year be approved of by the Superintendent of tho Prison they are allowed the privilege of caruing a remission of part in the case of a male prisoner, and in the case of a female prisoner part of the remainder of their sentence on the same terms as prisoners under a first scntence.
Prisoners sentenced a third time or oftener to impri- sonment with hard labour for two years or upwards aro not allowed to earn any remission of sentence.
Others have had portions of their sentences remitted on medical grounds, &c.
Yes, during the year thero were 17 deaths, namely:— 12 Natural causes; 3 Felo do se; 2 prisoners executed.
Good.
Malarial and Diarrhoea.