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Questions.
XI. What was the annual amount of the prisoners,
earnings during the year .
XII. W h a t are the number of the hours allotted for
sleep 1 And, if sleep is in association, are the dormi–
tories lighted; and h o w often are they patrolled during
the night.
Answers.
Taking an average of the number of prisoners em–
ployed on public works and valuing their labour at
4c\cp. per m a n per diem for stone-breaking and Ocp.
for other work, the value of the services of the convicts
during the year m a y be put at £1,800 17*. Ocp. The
estimated value of the labour of prisoners employed
on industrial work (shoe-making, tailoring, weaving,
carpentering, brush-making, stocking-making, and
baking) is £2,322 6s. Oep.
517 cubic yards of broken stone were supplied to
the Public Works Department for which no payment
was received.
Total, £4,123 3«. Ocp.
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 co:nstantly
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.
X m . 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
Solitary confinement, with bread and water 1 to
6 days
80
Solitary confinement 1 to 9 days
Bread and water 1 to 7 days
412
Dark Cell
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Kept in chains for 2 months
X I V . Is there, or are there, any Chaplain or Chap–
lains of any, and what, religious persuasions 1
X V . Are religious services regularly, or otherwise,
performed for the benefit of the prisoners of any. and,
if any, what, religious persuasion ?
There are no Chaplains attached to the prisons.
Priests of all denominations are admitted at the request
of the prisoners.
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 SundayB 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 18
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 R o m a n
Catholic priest attended 5 times during the year.
X V I . Are R o m a n Catholic Priests arid Dissenting
Ministers allowed 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 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.
X V I I . W h a t provision is m a d e for the education of
prisoners ?
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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