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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 public works and valuing their labour at
4 k p . per m a n per diem for stone-breaking and 6c*p.
for other work, the value of the services of the convicts
during the year may be put at £1,379 125. 4cp. The
estimated value of the labour of prisoners employed
on industrial work (shoe-making, tailoring, weaving,
carpentering, brush-making, stocking-making, and
baking) is £2,675 5*. 2cp.
The amount derived from the sale of broken stone
to Municipalities, etc., and paid into the Treasury was
£10 19fS. 3cp.
3,498 cubic yards of broken stone were supplied to
the Public Works Department for which no payment
was received.
Total, £4,065 17*. Ocp.
XII. What 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 patrolled during
the night t
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.
XIII. W h a t were the number and nature of the
punishments inflicted for offences committed by priso–
ners undergoing imprisonment ?
Flogged, not exceeding 25 lashes
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Solitary confinement, with bread and water 1 to
6 days
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Solitary confinement 1 to 9 days
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Bread and water 1 to 7 days
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Dark Cell
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Kept in chains for 2 months
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X I V . Is there, or are there, any Chaplain or Chap–
lains of any, and what, religious persuasions .
There are no Chaplains attached to the prisons.
Priests of ali denominations are admitted at the request
of the prisoners.
X V . Are religious services regularly, or otherwise,
performed for the benefit of the prisoners of any, and,
if any, what, religious persuasion I
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 hodja has been regular and that of the priest and
layman has been more frequent this year, viz.: on 11
occasions. A religious and general instructor (in addi–
tion to the priest or layman) appointed from 6th May,
1906, for Greek; also for Moslem. Attendance of
Moslem and Greek teachers to school classes and for
religious instruction has been regular. The Maronite
priest attended once and the R o m a n Catholic priest
three times.
X V I . 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 i
XVTI. What provision is made for the education of
prisoners .
Access is allowed to priests of all denominations.
They are not apprised when prisoners are admitted,
but notice would be given if prisoners expressed a wish
to see them.
In Central Prison 3 classes of one hour each are held
weekly; in District Prisons there are no schools, but
well-conducted prisoners w h o can read are allowed to
have religious books of their respective persuasions.
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