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DISCIPLINE.
The behaviour of the prisoners has been good
and there has been no occasion for the Visiting Committee
to intervene in this respect.
FOOD.
The food provided for foreign prisoners was
inspected frequently and found good.
A complaint was received from Mala Singh and
subsequently other prisoners that they were given congee or
gruel for their midday meal which was not their natural
food. Similar complaints have frequently been received in
the past and the Chairman informed them that the dietary
was laid down by the Rules governing the prison and it was
not within the competence of the Committee to vary them.
a complaint was received from a prisoner under
remand that he was receiving ordinary prison fare. He was
told that if he liked he could have all his food sent in to
him, but not part.
HS-L'H.
The health of the prisoners has been good.
One Indian prisoner asked that a time should be
set apart for prayers and that as he was illiterate Mala
Singh should be allowed to read to them from the Holy Book.
The Chairman arranged with the Governor that the
Police Granthi should hold a service for them on Sundays.
The further suggestion that daily lessons should be given
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