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Questions.
XI What was the annual amount of the prisoners,
earnings during the year .
Answers.
Taking an average of the number of prisoners em–
ployed on pubhc works and valuing their labour at
4-Vcp. 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 £2,214 2s. icp. 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 £2,385 Os. Qcp.
The amount derived from the sale of broken stone
to MunicipaUties, etc., and paid into the Treasury was
£7 18*. 6cp.
3,820 cubic yards of broken stone were suppUed to
the Pubhc Works Department for which no payment
was received.
Total, £4,607 2a. lcp.
X H . 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 h o w often are they patroUed 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 weU 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 ceU in the Central
Prison.
One warder is stationed in each corridor or (in the
Central Prison) Block.
X H I . What were the number and nature of the
punishments inflicted for offences committed by priso–
ners undergoing imprisonment ?
Flogged, not exceeding 25 lashes.. .. .. • - —
Solitary confinement, with bread and water L to:
6 days
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5 2
Solitary confinement 1 to 9 days
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Bread and water 1 to 7 days
513
Dark Cell
3 8
Kept in chains for 2 months
XIV. Is there, or are there, any Chaplain or Chap–
lains of any, and what, reUgious persuasions .
There are no Chaplains attached to the prisons.
Priests of aU denominations are admitted at the request
of the prisoners.
XV. Are reUgious services regularly, or otherwise,
performed for the benefit of the prisoners of any, and,
if any, what, reUgious persuasion ?
In the District Prisons no reUgious services are held,
except at Paphos and Larnaca for Greek-Christians.
The Greek-Christians confess and receive the sacrament
on their chief reUgious festivals. In the Central Prison
a =ervic'e for Moslems is held on Fridays and on alter-
nate Sundavs a priest or layman attends and ministers
to the members of the Greek Church. The attendance
of 'hehodia has been regular and that of the priest and
lav-man has been less frequent this year vis.: on 6
occasions. A reUgious and general mstructor (m addi–
tion to the priest or layman) appointed from 6th M a y
1906 for Greek; also for Moslem. Attendance of
Moslem and Greek teachers to school classes and for
reUgious instruction has been regular.
XVI. Are R o m a n CathoUc Priests and Dissenting
Ministers aUowed free access to prisoners of their own
Persuasion? A n d are they apprised when prisoners
of their respective persuasions enter the prison .
Access is aUowed to priests of aU denominations.
Thev are not apprised when prisoners are admitted
b"ut notice would be given if prisoners expressed a wish
to see them.
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