AJMER JAIL.
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APPENDIX A.
REVIEW OF AJMER JAIL REPORT FOR 1909.
The office of the Superintendent, Central Jail, was held throughout the year by
Lieutenant-Colonel H. R. Woolbert, I.M.S.
2. The general summary attached to the report shows the distribution of prisoners of
all classes confined in the jail during the year under review.
Population.
3. At the commencement of the year there were 337 prisoners of all classes including
convicts, under-trials and civil prisoners. The
total number of admissions was 1,140 against 1,022
in 1908. The number discharged was 1,171 as compared with 1,054 in the preceding year.
The number in confinement at the end of the year was 306 or 31 less than at the beginning
of the year. The daily average jail population for the year was 340.45 as compared with
358.54 in 1908.
Disposal of conviots.
4. Statement No. 1 shows that the number of convicts admitted to the jail in 1909
was 580 as compared with 526 during 1908. The
table below compares the disposal of convicts
during the current year with that of the previous year :—
Particulars of convicts.
Released on appeal . . . . . . . . .
„ Expiry of sentence . . . . . . .
„ Payment of fine . . . . . . .
„ Under remission rules . . . . . .
Transferred to other jails .
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Transferred to andamans . . . . . . . .
Died in jail . . . . . . . . .
TOTAL
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YEAR.
1908.
22
363
19
155
10
3
5
577
1909.
26
446
42
102
23
...
5
644
REMARKS.
At the close of the year 275 convicts remained in the jail as against 311 on the last
day of the year 1908.
Disposal of under-trial prisoners.
5. The total number of under-trial,prisoners was 537; of these 106 were released, 330
were convicted, 68 were transferred, 2 died and
31 remained in the jail at the close of the year.
Disposal of civil prisoners.
6. There were 21 civil prisoners, all of whom
were discharged—none remaining under detention
at the end of the year.
Classification of convicts.
7. Of 580 convicts admitted during the year,
139 were Mahomedans, 434 Hindus, 2 Europeans,
1 Eurasian and 4 Native Christians.
Agriculturists
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Labourers
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Shop keepers and traders
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Domestic servants .
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Miscellaneous occupations
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Government servants
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No occupation
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194
226
27
27
4
25
35
538
According to age classification, 2 were under
16 years of age, 503 between 16 and 40 years, 69
between 40 and 60 and 6 above 60 years of age.
Of the 538 male convicts the majority, as will be
seen by the detail in the margin, were as usual
agriculturists and labourers. There were 42 female
convicts as against 22 in the previous year.
Nature of sentences.
* Vide paragraph 4 supra.
8. Of the 580* convicts admitted during the year 82 were awarded simple imprisonment
and 486 rigorous imprisonment as against 67 and
425 in 1908. Solitary confinement was awarded
to 11 convicts in addition to rigorous imprison-
ment and rigorous imprisonment with whipping was inflicted in one case.
The number of convicts sentenced to terms of imprisonment not exceeding one month
was 234, exceeding one month but not exceeding three months 121, above three months but
not exceeding six months 105, above six months but not exceeding one year 64, above one year
but not exceeding two years 25, above two years but not exceeding five years 17, and above
five years but not exceeding ten years 13. One convict was sentenced to transportation for
life during the year 1909.