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Questions.
V. How are the prisoners classified ?
Answers,
Prisoners before trial.
Debtors.
Convicted prisoners and re-classified as per amend
prison regulation.
VI. Is penal labour—that is, labour by treadmill,
crank, or shot drill—in force ?
Penal labour is in force principally in the form
stone-breaking ; treadmill cannot be resorted to owii
to want of appliances. Crank in force as punishmei
labour, but it is seldom used.
VII. If so, (a) during what periods of imprisonment,
(b) in respect of what classes of prisoners, (c) and during
bow m a n y hours, is such penal labour enforced . In
stating hours of treadwheel laborx, give,first,the total
time on and off at the wheel, etc.; secondly, the length
of spells and intervals of rest..
See answer to question No. VI.
(a) During all periods of imprisonment in the Centa
Prison.
(b) All classes of prisoners in the Central Priso
excepting those sentenced to imprisonment only.
(c) The usual number of hours for a day's labon
to complete 10,000 revolutions.
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VLTI. What kind of labour, other than penal labour,
is in use ?
Shoe-making, tailoring, carpentering, baking
cooking, washing, masonry, weaving, brush an<
stocking-making, whitewashing, cleaning, road-making
stone- breaking carpet-making.
IX. If the prisoners are employed beyond the walls
of the gaol, state—
I. O n what kind of work they are so employed ?
2. H o w are they supervised 1
3. How 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 1
Cultivating Prison Farm, building; a few convicti
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 prisor
was established at Rizokarpaso ; and in 1918 one at
Chrysokhou ; the Forest huts in these 2 villages were'
set apart and gazetted as Prisons, and one forester
appointed as convict guard in charge of each Prison,
All short sentence prisoners from the neighbouring
country are detained in these Prisons and ore employed
in the Forest Gardens and plantations there.
O n 10th February, 1920, a Prison was established at
Dikellia in the building known as " Dikellia Quarantine
Station." Convicts from Paphos, Limassoi and. Fama–
gusta Districts whose sentences are 6 months and
under 2 years are drafted to this Prison. They are
employed in re-aforestation under the Forest Depart–
ment.
By prison warders and armed escorts of Police, and
in some cases by convict guards.
1917-18, one.
1918-19, three.
1919-20, four prisoners escaped from the Central
Prison during the night of the 20th December, 1919.
One was re-captured on the 26th December, 1919, and
one on the 2nd February, 1920. T w o being still at
large.
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. cp.
Nicosia, Central Prison
6,970 7 6
Larnaca
^og -j i
^ f
8 8 0 1
** '.'. '.'. 577 2 4
£
a
P
h o s
383 19 7
Kvrenia
232 2 0
a amagusta
g^g g g
Crown Agents' accounts, etc. .. .. 1,052 19 2
General Total
1 0 > 4
94 1 5