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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1975
REFERRING TO THE DIET SCALES IN PRISON INSTITUTIONS, MR. DAVIES SAID THESE WERE MONITORED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT PRISONERS AND INMATES PERFORM PHYSICAL LABOUR.
WHICH
+IT IS THIS FACTOR - AND NOT GENEROSITY OR SOFTNESS -- ACCOUNTS FOR THE FACT THAT THE BASIC DIET IN PRISONS DEPARTMENT INSTITUTIONS COSTS $6.29 PER DAY COMPARED WITH THE CHEAPEST HOSPITAL DIET OF $4.63,+ HE SAID.
HE ADDED: +IT MUST ALSO BE REMEMBERED THAT THE PRISON SCALE PROVIDES THE SOLE FORM OF NOURISHMENT AND THAT THERE IS A RESPONSIBILITY PLACED ON THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT TO KEEP PRISONERS IN GOOD HEALTH.+
IN ADDITION, HE WENT ON, THERE WAS A PUNISHMENT DIET OF 99 CENTS PER DAY AND IN THE LAST 21 MONTHS 660 PRISONERS IN STANLEY PRISON WERE AWARDED 2,959 DAYS DIETARY PUNISHMENT AND 817 PRISONERS IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS WERE AWARDED 3,506 DAYS.
MR. DAVIES ALSO STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPANDING THE SCOPE AND COVERAGE OF PRISON INDUSTRIES SO THAT A GREATER NUMBER OF THOSE WHO ARE INCARCERATED CAN BE USEFULLY AND PRODUCTIVELY EMPLOYED AND TRAINED IN A WIDE VARIETY OF TASKS FOR A LONGER PERIOD A DAY. PLANS TO ACHIEVE THIS, HE SAID, WERE NOW BEING CONSIDERED.
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