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Questions.
V. How are the prisoners classified *?
VI. Is penal labour—that is, labour by treadmill,
crank, or shot drill—in force ?
Vli. If so, (a) during what periods of imprisonment,
(6) in respect of what classes of prisoners, (c) 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, etc.; secondly, the length
of spells and intervals of rest.
VIII. What kind of labour, other than penal labour,
is in use ?
Answers,
Prisoners before trial.
Debtors.
Convicted prisoners and re-classified as per amended
prison regulation.
Penal labour is in force principally in the form of
srone-breaking; treadmill cannot be resorted to owing
to want of appliances. Crank in force as punishment
labour, but it is seldom used.
See answer to question No. VI.
(a) During all periods of imprisonment in the Central
Prison.
(b) All classes of prisoners in the Central Prison
excepting those sentenced to imprisonment only.
(c) The usual number of hours for a day's labour
to complete 10,000 revolutions.
Shoe-making, tailoring, tree-planting, carpentering,
baking, cooking, washing, dyeing, masonry, weaving,
brush and stocking making, whitewashing, cleaning,
road-making, stone-breaking.
IX. If the prisoners are employed beyond the walls
of the gaol, state—
1. On what kind of work they are so employed ?
Cultivating Prison Farm, tending six cows, milking,
breeding—this work is done by juvenile and juvenile
adult prisoners—building ; a few convicts are employed
on conservancy, fetching stone for stone-breaking and
carrying away manure from Police stables, road-making,
public garden, cleaning and watering Government
plantations and trees. In 1914 a prison was established
as an experiment, at Rizo Carpass ; the Forest hut in
the village was set apart and gazetted as a prison and
a forester appointed as convict guard in charge of the
prison. All the short sentence prisoners from the neigh–
bouring country, instead of being marched into Fama–
gusta, were detained at Rizo Carpass Prison and they
were employed in the Forest Garden and plantations
there.
2. H o w are they supervised 1
By prison warders and armed escorts of Police, and
in some cases by convict guards.
3. H o w many escapes of prisoners, while being em–
ployed beyond the gaol, have taken place during each
of the last three years ?
4. H o w are the profits of their labour accounted for ?
1912-13, two.
1913-14, nil.
1914-15, one ; an unconvicted prisoner, while taking
exercise in the prison yard at Famagusta, had effected
his escape by climbing up one of the wooden doors of
the cells and hoisting himself on the roof of the prison •
he was re-captured ten minutes after the alarm was
given.
Profits are paid into the Treasury or are accounted
for by the Public Works Department.
X. What was the total annual cost of the prisons
during the year ?
£ S
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Nicosia, Centra] Prison
5340 5 4
Larnaca
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801
490 16 6
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331 5 0
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99 19 2
Famagusta
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RizoCarpass
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drown AgentB accounts, etc
873 3 Q
General Total 7~808 2 5