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Questions.
XVII. W h a t provision is made for the education of
prisoners ?
XVLLI. O n what conditions are remissions of im–
prisonment granted .
Answers.
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 educational and religious books of their respective
persuasions.
Prisoners of good behaviour and industrious in labour
sentenced to not le**3 than two years are, if males, after
three-fourths, or, if females, after two-thirds of their
term of imprisonment has expired, recommended to the
Governor for remission of their sentence, with, or
without, Ticket of Leave. Prisoners under a sentence
of less than two years but not less than one month
earn by good conduct and industry a remission of one-
sixth of their sentence.
X I X . Have Coroner's Inquests .been held on
every
occasion of a death in prison during the past year !
and what were the verdicts ?
Seven prisoners died in prison during the past year
as a result of execution. N o inquest was held, but the
Medical Officer certified in each case that death was
due to dislocation of the cervical vertebrae.
X X . 1. W h a t wa3 the sanitary state of the prisons
during the year ?
Central Prison, Nicosia
Larnaca
Limassoi
Paphos
Kyrenia
Famagusta
Very good.
2. W h a t were the prevailing diseases ?
Rheumatism, malarial fever, diarrhoea, diseases of
the
digestive and respiratory system, influenza, dysentery,
dyspepsia, diseases of skin, syphilis, constipation,
hernia, colic, anaemia, bronchial catarrh, debilitv.
X X I . W h a t are, shortly, the rules as to Diet ?
Extra Diet allowed to prisoners earning and
keeping 1 or 2 Badges.
Sundav ...
Tueodav
Frida-i
25 drams Olives.
30 drams Bulgur.
10 drams Olive-oil.
1 cup Turkish Coffee.
1 mug of Tea.
WEEKLY DIETARY.
2 davs
DIETJLET N O .
250 drams Bread
25 -, Cheese
i 250 ., Bread
3 days < 60 „ Fresh Vegetables
( 10 „ Oil
( 250 ,. Bread
1 day < 75 ., Cooked meat free of bone
. 50 .. Rice before being cooked
250 „ Bread
1 dar 1 50 .. Bulgur or Balda
( 10 „ Oil
D I E T A R T No. 2.
The same as Dietary No. 1 with the addition of 50 drams of
Bread for each convict.
D I E T A B T No. 3.
Daily 250 drams of Bread,
One day 40 drams olives,
next day 60 drams fresh Vegetables as directed in Dietary No. 1.
DIETABT NO. 4.
Punishment diet for all prisoners.
n«;*„ ' *
200
drams Bread
uauy j -'Water, Unlimited
In addition to above, fresh fruit in limited quantities may be
supplied Then so ordered by the Medical Officer of the Prison ;
also extra diet of 40 drams olives and 40 drams raisins are
supplied once a week, ix., raisins on Tuesdays and olivet on
Saturdays to all long sentence male and female prisoners daring
the months when no fruit is given.