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Questions.
4. How are the profits of their labour accounted for !
X. What was the total annual oost of the prisons
•during the year ?
XI. What was the annual amount of the prisoners'
•ea-nings during the year ?
W h a t is the number of the hours allotted for
sleep ? And, if sleep is in association, are the dormi–
tories lighted ; and how often are they patrolled during
the night .
XIII. W h a t were the number and nature of the
punishments inflicted for ofiences committed by priso–
ners undergoing imprisonment 1
X I V . Is there, or are there, any Chaplain or Chap-
Jains of any, and what, religious persuasions .
XV. Are religious services regularly, or otherwise,
performed for the benefit of the prisoners of any, and,
if any, what, religious persuasion ?
X V I . Are R o m a n Catholic Priests and 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 ?
XVII. What provision is made for the education of
-prisoners ?
Answers.
Profits are paid into the Treasury or are accounted
for by the Public Works Department.
£ s. cp.
Nicosia, Central Prison
10.983 8 7
Larnaca
449 9 1
Limassoi
1,089 10 1
Paphos
626 11 1
Kyrenia
393 19 0
Famagusta
559 16 2
Crown Agents' accounts, etc. . . . . 1,293 14 2
General Total £15,396 8 5
Taking an average of the number of prisoners em–
ployed on pubhc works and valuing their labour at
4icp. per m a n per diem for stone-breaking and Qcp.
for other works, and estimating the value of prisoners'
labour on constructional work for the Public Works
Department at 1/- per diem, the value of the services
of the convicts during the year m a y be put at
£3,492 16*. Ocp. The estimated value of the labour
of prisoners employed on industrial work (shoe-making,
tailoring, weaving, carpentering, stocking-making, and
baking) is £1,728 16«. 3cp.
360 cubic yards of broken stone were supplied to
the PubUc Works Department for which no payment
was received and 505 cubic yards to the Municipality
of Paphos for which £16 16s. 6cp. was received.
Total, £5,238 9s. 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 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.
Flogged, not exceeding 12 lashes
2
Solitary confinement, with bread and water 1 to
6 days
113
Bread and water 1 to 7 days
102
Dark Cell ..
2
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 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 alternate
Sundays a priest or layman attends and ministers
to the members of the Greek Church. The attendance
of the hodja and that of the priest and layman has been
regular. 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.
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 who can read are allowed to
have educational and religious books of their respective
persuasions.