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THESE QUESTIONS ARE TO BR FILLED UP IN RESPECT OP EACH PRISON IN THE ISLAND.
Questions.
Answers.
I. If the prison is on a separate system, is the
separation complete ? And, if not, what is the separa–
tion enforced by day and night respectively .
H . If not on the separate system, what provision
is there for the supervision o' the prisoners while in
association .
TTT. H o w m a n y cells are there; and how m a n y
associated wards t
IV. Takin* the aver-ije number of prisoners ia gaol,
bow many cubic feet of -*p vce are there for each prisoner
during the hours of sleep ?
And what superticial area?
The Central Prison, Nicosia, is on the separate system,
but prisoners arc in association in the workshops.
In the District Prisons each prisoner is kept in a
separate cell when there is room sufficient to allow of
this, and they work in associated gangs during the day.
By Warders and Sentries constantly patrolling the
corridors and passages and inspecting the wards and
cells where prisoners are confined.
CENTRAL PRISON :—
Long Sentence Division :
Block Xo. 1, 100 cells.
Block No. 2, 95 cells, also 5 Crank Cells. 2 Dark Cells
and 1 Hospital Ward for 12 Patients.
Punishment Block, 14 cells.
School Building, containing 2 separate rooms, each room
measuring 26 feet by 18 feet.
Short Sentence Division:
Block No. 1, 94 Cells.
Block No. 2, 99 Cells, also 5 Crank Cells, and 3 Cells
for prisoners under death sentence.
Female Division:
18 Cells for Prisoners.
1 R o o m for Visitors.
1 R o o m for Office.
2 Pwooms for Female Warders.
Isolation Ward :
4 upstairs rooms for patients.
1 downstairs room used as cooking room.
1 downstairs room used as laundry.
1 downstairs room used as store.
1 downstairs padded room.
7 Reception cells.
DISTRICT PRISONS :—
Cells. Wards.
Larnaca
1 9
Limassoi
4 20
Paphos
4 6
Kyrenia
3 18
Famagusta
3 2
Nicosia:—
Central Prison :
Cubic feet.
Long Sentence Division
800.00 v
Short Sentence Division .. .. 800.00 j
Female Division
S00.00 I $
Punishment Block
9.S70.00 ( *
Isolation Ward
1,360.00 y ~
Larnaca Prison
852.24 / g
Limassoi „
965.101 g
Paphos „
.. 703.46 \ <
Kyrenia
3,510.42 1
Famagusta.,
680.37
The doors of the cells and wards of the District Prisons
are constructed either of iron bars, or thick wooden bars,
thereby affording a plentiful supply of fresh air.