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ment House, but four were recaptured. At the Juvenile Asylum B, there were twelve escapes during the last three years when employed beyond the walls. There were no escapes at the other prisons.
(d) There were no actual cash profits of labour except by the Juveniles at B Prison, their earnings for the year 1874 amounted to 421. 88. id. The money was paid into the Colonial Treasury without deduction.
10. The following are the items of expenditure for all the prisons of the island during 1874, and show a total of 5,9391. 7s. 04d. The total expenses for the year 1873 were 6,8521. Os. 7}d. or 9127. 18s. 7d. greater in 1873 than in 1874.
Salaries.. Provisions
Light
Clothing
Furniture
Reperits..
Hospital Expenses
Buriale..
Stationery
Miscellaneous
Expenses attending the déportation of a Convict
This makes the cost of each prisoner 157. 58. 5d. per annum.
£
4.
d.
2,582 12 4
2,504 8 7
17 4 10
271 14 0
119 5 11
105 12 8
39 15 11
10 11 8
15 8 11
208 9
4 3 4
6,939 7 0
11. The only actual money received was for labour performed by the juveniles as shown in reply to No. 9 question, but the estimated value of labour at the Town Hall Prison is as follows:-
£
a. d.
•
12 prisoners working at Government House 306 days each, estimated at 10d.
per day..
153 0 0
520 0 0
77 1 4
750 1
4
34 prisoners working with the dredge 306 days each, estimated at Is. per day.. Breaking 1,624 loads of stone within the walls of the prison at 4d, each
12. Prisoners are locked up at 5 o'clock, P.M., and turned out at 6 o'clock A.M. The dormitories are not lighted. They are patrolled hourly during the night, either by warders or police officers on duty.
13. At the Town Hall Prison thirty prisoners were sentenced to be flogged :-7 to receive 7 stripes; 3 to receive 10 stripes; 4 to receive 12 stripes; 1 to receive 14 stripes; 3 to receive 15 stripes; 2 to receive 20 stripes; 2 to receive 24 stripes; 5 to receive 25 stripes; I to receive 30 stripes; 2 to receive 39 stripes.
Fifty-five were sentenced to solitary confinement as follows:-5 to 7 days; 5 to 10 days; 17 to 14 days; 6 to 15 days; 4 to 20 days; 6 to 21 days; 12 to 28 days.
Minor punishments: Stopping molasses and water in the morning, 448: placed in separate cells at night, 1380.
Punishments imposed under the new prison regulations of October, 1874: Put on half rations, 181; extra drill, 69; separate cells, 24; total, 274.
District A Prison. Four female prisoners were sentenced to solitary confinement:
I to 7 days; 1 to 14 days; 1 to 21 days; 1 to 28 days.
Minor punishments: Placed in separate cells at night, 22.
District B. Juvenile Asylum. Birched with rods, 5.
Minor punishments: Half messed for idleness at work, 72.
District C. Prison. Ten prisoners were sentenced to be flogged: 3 to receive 10 stripes; 2 to receive 12 stripes; 1 to receive 15 stripes; I to receive 20 stripes; 3 to receive 25 stripes.
Eight prisoners were sentenced to solitary confinement: 4 to 10 days; 4 to 14 days. Minor punishments: Placed in separate cells at night, 42.
District D. Prison. Four prisoners were sentenced to solitary confinement: 1 to 14 days; 3 to 28 days.
Minor punishments: Stopping dinner fish, 20; placed in separate cells at night, 104. 14. One Chaplain of the Established Church for all the prisons.
On other
15. Religious services are regularly performed. At the Town Hall Prison on Sundays and Wednesdays, a morning service at 7 A.M. by the chaplain. mornings of the week, prayers are said regularly by the catechist of the prison. At District A Prison a morning service at 8 o'clock every Friday by the chaplain. At District B. Juvenile Asylum on Wednesday afternoon, a service at 5 o'clock by the chaplain. At District Ċ. Prison on alternate Saturdays, a service at 8 o'clock a.m. by the
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chaplain. At District D. Prison on alternate Saturdays a service at 8 o'clock A.M. by chaplain. All the prisoners are well supplied with bibles and prayer-books.
16.. Any prisoner of a religious persuasion differing from that of the Established Church may, on request to the Provost Marshal, be visited by a minister of his persuasion at such times as may not interfere with the good order of the prison, the address of such minister to be given to the gaoler and to be communicated by him to the chaplain. Any books which such ministers may wish to supply to the prisoners of their persuasion must first be submitted to the Inspector of Prisons.
17. The keeper is schoolmaster at the Juvenile Asylum to instruct the boys. There is no provision made for the education of the prisoners at the Town Hall, District A, C, and D. prisons.
18. For good conduct one-third of a sentence is remitted, but this only applies to first convictions.
19. Coroner's Inquests have been held on every occasion of a death during the year.
Town Hall: 7 deaths, Verdicts "Natural causes."
Prison A: No deaths.
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B: No deaths.
C: 1 death, Verdict, "Natural causes." D: No deaths.
20. (a) The sanitary condition of all the prisons in the island is good.
(b) At the Town Hall Prison the prevailing diseases were consumption and
inflammation of the lungs.
At District A Prison, no prevailing discases.
At B Juvenile Asylum, the prevailing diseases were simple fever, ulcers,
and itch.
At District C Prison, sore legs and diarrhea were the prevailing diseases. At D Prison, free from disease altogether.
21. Every adult prisoner employed at hard labour is allowed the following daily rations, divided equally into two meals, breakfast and dinner, the former ut 10 o'clock, A.M., the latter at 4 o'clock, P.M.
Yams, plautains, eddoer, or sweet potatoes
Lb. oz.
1
0
Or bread
1 4
Or Judian or Guinen corn coucou, or boiled rice
3 0
Every adult prisoner not employed at hard labour, for the first ten days, gruel
3 pints
At the expiration of ten days, yams, plantains, eddoes, or sweet potatoes Or bread Salt fish
3 0
2 0
0 1
Every juvenile prisoner under the age of 12 years is allowed for each meal two-thirds
of the full rations given to each adult.
(Signed)
FREDK. WATTS, Inspector of Prisons.
A RETURN showing the Comparative Number of Prisoners Committed in the Years
1873 and 1874.
Committed in 1878.
Committed in 1874.
Total
Prisons.
Increase. Decrease.
Increase
Males.
Females. Total.
535
Males. Females, Total.
•.
1,340
560 1,815
•
8-15
1,545
845 285+ 1,545
230
678
678
.:
428
428
2501
85
85
48
48
37
196
196
241
241
45
273
Grand Total
1,621 1,218
2,834 1,894 1,273 3,107 580
287
273
Glendairy Town Hall.. District A.. District C.. Juveniles
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The male prisoners are accounted for in the Town Hall Prison numbers being removed from thence to Glendairy.
+ These changes are attributable to the new order as to place of confinement noticed in reply to query
relating to Town Hall and other Prisona,
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