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Q. 7.—If so, during what periods of imprisonment, in respect of what classes of prisoners, and during how many hours is such penal labour enforced? In stating hours of treadwheel labour, give, first, the total time on and off at the wheel, &c.; secondly, the length of spells and intervals of rest.. It is enforced throughout the whole term of imprisonment with hard labour. Hard labour may be ordered for any term of imprisonment. Prisoners work ten and a half hours on long days and nine and a half hours on short days; one hour on, and one hour off.
Q. 8. What kind of labour, other than penal labour, is in use?-A. Breaking,
blasting, and carting stones, and working on roads and streets.
Q. 9.-If the prisoners are employed beyond the walls of the gaol state—
1. On what kind of work they are so employed ?- Working on roads and quarrying stones.
2. How they are supervised?—By officers of the prison.
3. How many escapes of prisoners while being employed beyond the gaol, have taken place during each of the last three years ?-1st Oct., 1869, to 30th Sept., 1870, 5 escapes; 1st Oct, 1870, to 30th Sept., 1871, 7 escapes; 1st Oct., 1871, to 30th Sept., 1872, 4 escapes; total, 16.
4. How the profits of their labour are accounted for ?-A. The profits of their labour are paid over to the Inspector of Prisons, and lodged in the Treasury by him.
Q. 10. What is the total annual cost of the prison P-A. 1,3331. 2s. 2ąd. Q. 11. What is the annual amount of the prisoners' earnings ?-A. 5271.
Q. 12. What are the number of the hours allotted for sleep? And if sleep is in association are the dormitories lighted; and how often are they patrolled during the night?-4. Long days ten hours, short days eleven hours. Dormitories not lighted, but there is a light in the yard. Officers patrol hourly.
Q. 18. What were the number and nature of the punishments inflicted for offences committed in prison ?. Thirty-nine prisoners punished for disobedience and breach of prison rules by solitary confinement.
Q. 14. Is there a chaplain ?—4. No.
Q. 15.-Are religious services regularly performed ?-A. Yes; by superintendent
and first officer of the prison.
Q. 16.-Are Roman Catholic Priests and Dissenting Ministers allowed free acces to prisoners of their own persuasion and are they apprized when prisoners of their respective persuasions enter the prison ?—A. Yes.
Q. 17. What provision is made for the education of the prisoners ?—A. None.
Q. 18.-Ou what conditions are remissions of imprisonment granted?-A. Remis- sions are granted by the Governor.
Q. 19.--Have coroner's inquests been held on every occasion of a death in prison during the past year? and what were the verdicts?—A. Yes; verdicts, natural causes.
Name and Nature of the
Prisons, whether
["Common Gaol," "Penitentiary," &c.
RETURN for the Prison of Falmouth, for 1871-72.
Number Committed Number of those
fer Debt,
Want of Bail, and
Punishment.
Committed
who have bee previously Con-
victed.
Number of Persons Committed
to Penal Imprisonment, including "Penal Servitude" (if that term is used in the Colony to describe any
Punishment).
Total Number of Persons Committed
from Oct. 1, 1871, to Sept. 30, 1872.
For Debi.
For safe Custody till
Trial, or for want of
Penal Imprisonment.
For purposes of
Security.
Once.
Twice.
Thrice or more.
For Five Years or
MOTE/
'or more than Three |
more, but less than
For One Year of
For Three Months
Months, and Trus
than One Year.
Five Years.
or less.
The Daily Average Number in Prisen.
[lospital during the Year 1871-72. The Number of Admissions to
The Dally Average on the Sick List.
The Number of Deaths during 1971-2.
Falmouth District Prison ..
500
2
9
59
205 GG
32
2 Nil
135 363 04 41. 28
By"Penal Imprisonment" is meant imprisonment inflicted as a substantive punishment in pursuance of a sentence of a Court of Justice as distinguished from imprisonment for safe custody, &c.
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Q.. 2.-If not on the separate system, what provision is there for the supervision of the prisoners while in association?-A. Officers are on duty day and night.
Q. 3.-How many cells are there; and how many associated wards?-4. Twelve cells for solitary confinement, and five large wards for the prisoners while in association.
Q. 4. Taking the average number of prisoners in gaol, how many cubic feet of space are there for each prisoner during the hours of sleep?-A. Four hundred cubic feet.
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Q. 5.-How are the prisoners classified?-A. Debtors, prisoners for trial, misde- menants, and felons.
Q. 6. Is penal labour-that is, labour by treadmill, crank, or shot-drill, in force?-A. Shot-drill alone enforced. No crank or treadmill in use.
Q. 7.-If so, during what periods of imprisonment, in respect of what classes of prisoners, and during how many hours is such penal labour enforced? In stating hours of tread wheel labour, give first, the total time on and off at the wheel, &c.; secondly, the length of spells, and intervals of rest?-A. The class for shot-drill are those under sentence to hard labour; average time eight hours a day, viz., four hours on and four hours off, alternately, making the spells of one hour duration.
Q. 8.—What kind of labour other than penal labour is in use ?-4. On main roads, streets of Falmouth, and the routine of sanitary duties of the institution. Q. 9.-If prisoners are employed beyond the walls of the gaol state-
1. On what kind of work they are so employed ?-On the main roads and streets of Falmouth.
2. How they are supervised ?-By the officers of the prison.
3. How many escapes of prisoners, while being employed beyond the gaol, have taken place during each of the last three years ?-Beyond the prison, viz., in 1870, one; 1871, none; 1872, none.
4. How the profits of their labour are accounted for?-By monthly returns to the Inspector of Prisons, and remittances to the Treasury,
Q. 10. What is the total annual cost of the prison ?-A. 1,0831. 15s. 104d.
Q. 11.-What is the annual amount of the prisoners' earnings P-A. 3061. 16s. 4d. Q. 12.—What are the number of the hours allotted for sleep ?-And if sleep is in association are the dormitories lighted? and how often are they patrolled during the night—4. In long days ten hours, short days eleven hours, in association. The dormi- tories are not lighted, but lamps are maintained in the guard room all night, the night watch patrolling every half hour.
Q. 13.—What were the number and nature of the punishments infiicted for offences committed in prison P-A. Forty-four prisoners were confined in solitary cells. Time from 24 to 72 hours.
Q. 11.-Is there a chaplain ?—A. No.
Q. 15.—Are religious services regularly performed ?-A. No; excepting the morning prayers every Sunday by the Superintendent.
Q. 16.-Are Roman Catholic Priests and Dissenting Ministers allowed free access
to prisoners of their own persuasion ? and are they apprized when prisoners of their respective persuasions enter the prison ?-A. Yes; all have free access, but the privilege
is rarely claimed.
Q. 16.-What provision is made for the education of the prisoners ?-A. None. On Sundays, Bibles, Testaments, and religious tracts are distributed freely to every prisoner who can read.
Q. 18. On what conditions are remissions of imprisonment granted ?—A. By his Excellency the Governor.
Q. 19. Have coroner's inquests been held on every occasion of a death in prison during the past year? and what were the verdicts ?. No deaths have occurred during the past year.
Questions and Answers.
Q. 1.-If the prison is on the separate system is the separation complete? And if not, what is the separation enforced by day and night respectively —4. Separation is not complete, except that males and females are kept quite separate.
* See note at foot of previous Table.
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