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Questions.
t. How are the profits of their labour accounted for ?
X. What was the total annual cost of the prisons
during the year .
XI. What was the annual amount of the prisoners'
earnings during the year ?
XII. What 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 ni«jht ?
XIII. W h a t were the number and nature of the
punishments inflicted for offences committed by priso–
ners undergoing imprisonment ?
XIV. Is there, or are there, any Chaplain or Chap–
lains 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 o w n
persuasion . And are they apprised when prisoners
of their respective persuasions enter the prison .
XVTI. What provision is made for the education ot
prisoners ?
Answers.
Profits are paid into the Treasury or are accounted
for by the Public Works Department.
£ s. cp.
Nicosia, Central Prison
10.024 8 8
Larnaca
1403 6 4
Limassoi
1,246 9 1
Paphos
653 19 3
Kyrenia
440 18 7
Famagusta
816 19 1
Crown Agents' accounts, etc: .. .. 1,136 9 1
General Total £15,722 10 7
Taking an average of the number of prisoners em–
ployed on public works and valuing their labour at
ttcp. per m a n per diem for stone-breaking and (Sep.
for other work, 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
£1,604 12s. lcp. The estimated value of the labour
of prisoners employed on industrial work (shoe-making,
tailoring, weaving, carpentering, stocking-making, and
baking) is £1,676 Is. Sep.
442 cubic yards of broken stone were supplied to
the Public Works Department for which no payment
was received and 211 cubic yards to the Municipality
of Paphos for which £7 0*. 6cp. was received.
Total, £3,288 0*. 6cp.
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.
Solitary confinement, with bread and water 1 to
6 days
24
Bread and water 1 to 7 days
230
Dark Cell
5
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 hot apprised when prisoners are admitted,
but notice would be given if prisoners expressed a wish
to see them.
In Central Prison 3 classics 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.
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