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THESE QUESTIONS ARE TO BE FILLED UP IN RESPECT OP EACH PRISON IN THE COLONY.
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 ?
II. If not on the separate system, what provision
is there for the supervision of the prisoners while in
association ?
The Central Prison, Nicosia, is on the separate system,
but prisoners are in association in the workshops.
In the District Prisons each prisoner is kept in a
separate cell when there is sufficient room, and they
work in associated gangs during the day.
Warders and Sentries constantly patrol the corridors
and passages and inspect the wards and cells where
prisoners are confined.
H I . H o w many cells are there; and how m a n y
associated wards ?
IV. Taking the average number of prisoners in gaol,
how m a n y cubic feet of space are there for each prisoner
during the hours of sleep .
And what superficial area 1
C E N T R A L P R I S O N : —
Long Sentence Division :
Block N o . 1, 104 cells.
Block No. 2, 97 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. 3, 96 Cells, 5 Crank Cells, and 3 Cells for
prisoners under death sentence.
Block No. 4, 104 Cells.
Female Division :
18 Cells for Prisoners.
1 R o o m for Visitors.
1 R o o m for Office.
2 Rooms 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.
6 Reception cells.
D I S T R I C T P R I S O N S : —
Larnaca
i
Limassoi
4
Paphos
4.
Kyrenia
3
Famagusta
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Cells. Wards.
9
20
6
18
o
Nicosia :—
Central Prison:
Cubic
Long Sentence Division 800
Short Sentence Division 800
Female Division .. 800
Punishment Block .. 9,870
Isolation Ward.. .. 1,360
Larnaca Prison
.. 327
Limassoi „
.. 630
Paphos „ . . . . 324.;
Kyrenia „
394
Famagusta,, . . . . 14.
feet.
00,
00
00
00
00
S6
02
24
19
63
Superficial.
Area.
173.06
173.06
2,337.03
501.75
1.50S.00
•52.13
36.51
22.75
124.27
2.23
The doors of the cells and wards of the District Prisons
are constructed either of iron bars, or thiok wooden bars
affording a plentiful supply of fresh air.
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