CO129-125 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [10-11] — Page 98

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from the Mainland. I shall presently advert mine fully to the organization of the Police.

12. Thirdly, the reforms which I have been enabled to effect in the supervision of Gaol labor, and the fact, well known to the criminal classes, that those who are condemned to imprisonment no longer expect lodging with light labor, but must perform tasks, which, though regulated with every due regard to sanitary precautions, are sufficiently laborious, has unquestionably deterred numbers from coming here, as of old, to what was a tempting field for plunder.

13. Fourthly, the most effective means of preventing hardened criminals from returning here is one on which I have had the benefit of many communications from Her Majesty's Government, and which has been specially devised to meet the exceptional exigencies of this Colony, namely, that of allowing certain prisoners, who petition before their sentence expires for the indulgence, to be released conditionally, that they submit to be marked so as to be easily recognized by the Police, and that if they return to the Colony and are recognized, they are to be at once punished for returning, according to their agreement, and compelled to undergo the remainder...

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97 from the Mainland. I shall presently advert mine fully to the organization of the Police. 12. Thirdly, the reforms which I have been enabled to effect in the supervision of Gaol labor, and the fact, well known to the criminal classes, that those who are condemned to imprisonment no longer expect lodging with light labor, but must perform tasks, which, though regulated with every due regard to sanitary precautions, are sufficiently laborious, has unquestionably deterred numbers from coming here, as of old, to what was a tempting field for plunder. 13. Fourthly, the most effective means of preventing hardened criminals from returning here is one on which I have had the benefit of many communications from Her Majesty's Government, and which has been specially devised to meet the exceptional exigencies of this Colony, namely, that of allowing certain prisoners, who petition before their sentence expires for the indulgence, to be released conditionally, that they submit to be marked so as to be easily recognized by the Police, and that if they return to the Colony and are recognized, they are to be at once punished for returning, according to their agreement, and compelled to undergo the remainder...
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jom

the Mainland. I shall presently

advert mine

of the Police.

fully to the organization

12. Thirdly the referimos which I have

been enabled to effect

in the supervision

of Gad labor and the fact well known Good boy of our

No. 160 of 23 NW!!

concerns Parca: 164!

to the clap whom it principally that those who are condemned to

imprisonment

commodiano

eaw ma

longer expect

lodging with light baber.

but must perform tastes, which though

pregulated with

every

due

are

regard to nevertheless

H

Sanatory precautions,

sufficiently luburious has unquestionably detered numbers from coming here, as

of old, to a tempting field for plunder..

and

productive

No. 277 of 29 April 180

7-

Parão 5.

E

13.

Southly the most

the most effective

means

of preventing hardened briminals from

is one, on which I have

retiming here is

had the benefit of many

communications uni

from Her Majesty's Government, and

which has been

specially devised to meet the exceptional exigencies of

this

balony, namely that of allowing certain prisoners, who pitition before their sentence expires for the indulgence to be released, conditionally that they submit to be marked so as to be easily recognized by the Palice, and that if they return to the bolony recognized they

and are

are to be at once

for returning, according to their and compelled to undergo

CH

frunished

agrument,

the remainder

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