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Questions.
Answers.
XI. W h a t was the annual amount of the prisoners,
earnings during the year ?
Taking an average of the number of prisoners em–
ployed on public works and valuing their labour at
4{.cp. per m a n per diem for stone-breaking and 6cp.
for other work, the value of the services of the convicts
during the year m a y be put at £1,631 15s. Sep. The
estimated value of the labour of prisoners employed
on industrial work (shoe-making, tailoring, weaving,
dyeing, carpentering, brush-making, stocking-making,
and baking) is £2,332 6s. &cp.
The amount derived from the sale of broken stone
to Municipalities, etc., and paid into the Treasury was
£4.
1,919 cubic yards of broken stone were supplied to
the Public Works Department for which no payment
was received.
Total, £3,968 2s. 2cp.
XII. W h a t are the number of the hours allotted for
sleep ? And, if sleep is in association, are the dormi–
tories lighted ; and b o w often are they patrolled during
the night ?
In winter 10 hours, in summer 8 hours. Sleep is in
association in the District Prisons. The passages, cor–
ridors, and wards are well lighted. They are constantly
patrolled during the night, and are visited frequently
and at uncertain hours by the Governor of the Prison.
Each prisoner sleeps in a separate cell in the Central
Prison.
One warder is stationed in each corridor or (in the
Central Prison) Block.
XIH. W h a t v.c-i.- ':!.;.• number and nature of tbe
punishments in''
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< 'ei- : '• ••'."- ,.cu> committed by priso–
ners undercoici r.-^rv r r
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Flogged, not exceeding 25 lashes
2
boiitaiy confinement, with bread and water 1 to
6 days
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Solitary confinement 1 to 9 days
Bread and water 1 to 7 davs
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Dark Cell
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Kept in chains for 2 months
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XIV. Is theie, or .;e ±?rs
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any Chaplain or Chap
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lains of any, and what. rel'Licv.s persuasions ?
There are no Chaplains attached to - the prisons.
Priests of ail denominations are admitted at the request
of tbe prisoners.
XV. Are rcligici'.i sc-i-'-icc-.-- regularly, or otherwise,
performed for the benefit •"- the prisoners of any, and,
if any, what, religici-.s r-ersue:>icn ?
In the District Prisons no religious services are held,
except at Paphos and Larnaca for Greek-Christians.
The Greek-Christians confess and receive the sacrament
on their chief religious festivals. In the Central Prison
a service for Moslems is held on Fridays and on -alter–
nate Sundays a priest or layman attends and ministers
to the members of the Greek Church. The attendance
of the hodj a has been regular and thai; of the priest and
layman has been less frequent ihis year, viz.: on 7
occasions. A religious and general instructor (in addi–
tion to the priest or layman) appointed from 6th May,
1916, for Greek; also for Moslem. Attendance of
Moslem and Greek teachers to school classes and for
religious instruction has been regular.
XVI. Are R o m a n Catholic Priests and Dissenting
Ministers allowed free access to prisoners of their o w n
persuasion ? A n d are they apprised when prisoners
of their respective persuasions enter the prison ?
Access is allowed to priests of all. denominations.
Thev are not apprised when prisoners are admitted,
but notice would be given if prisoners expressed a wish
to see them.
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