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bring 10

your

nonce that in

my opinion this Gaol is not a suitable or desirable

place

in which this prisoner should

undergo

are al

her sentence.

The reason for my opinion follows:-

is the female prison

attached

to this Gool in not in a satisfactory

cards either its situation.

condition as regar

or the accommodation it affords.

It is situated on the ground:

storey

floor of the building the upper strug

of which forms the hospital for males, and is therefore

is on the level of Arburth- not Road. It is surrounded on three

level

the

sides by a wall which reaches to the

upper storey. It is therefore badly ventilated and the heatin

of

sunumer ti it is is

extreme.

consequence

Taking into account the climate

of this Colony and the unwatisfactory situation of the female prison, I have

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no hesitation in saying that a European woman would scarcely survive ins carceration for 10

conditione.

years under such

(2) There is no

proper yard attached to the female prison for

purposes of exercise or labour. The quarters of the motion which are now shared by

the wardresses open. on to the yard which is

yard which is now used

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these purposes.

purposes. Such

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open the door to abuses.

used for

alranganant

(3) The staff in charge of the

female prison is at the present time entirely composed of pervors of Portugue nationality. It is certain that with The limited solaries offered for the posts and the difficulty in finding in this Colony any European to discharge for long such un work, the wardresses at

a congenial

any rate, if not the makon also, will always

be of Portiquese nationality for a

Conwide ble

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