AND ON VACCINATION FOR THE YEAR 1922-23.
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APPENDIX A.
Review on the Ajmer Jail Report for the year 1922.
Charge.—The charge of the office of the Superintendent, Central Jail, Ajmer, was held
by Lt.-Col. J. W. Watson, C.I.E., I.M.S., throughout the year.
2. At the commencement of the year, there were 327 prisoners including convicts and
under-trial prisoners. There was no Civil prisoner. The number of prisoners admitted to the
Jail during the year was 1,293 against 1,385 in the year 1921, of whom 596 were convicts, 686
under-trial and 11 Civil prisoners. The number of prisoners discharged during the year under
review from all classes as compared with the previous year is as under :—
Convicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Undertrils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Civil . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TOTAL .
1921.
658
701
11
1,370
1922.
634
681
8
1,323
The number of prisoners at the close of the year was 297. The daily average number of
prisoners was 295.71, that is,
Convicts . . . . . . . . . . . .
Undertrial . . . . . . . . . . . .
Civil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
254.29
40.66
0.76
3. The following table compares the disposal of convicts (634) during the year under re-
view with that of the preceding year :—
Released on—
Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Expiry of Sentence . . . . . . . .
Sickness . . . . . . . . . . . .
Payment of fine . . . . . . . . . . .
Execution
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Asking pardon . . . . . . . . . . .
Under remission rules for good conduct . . . . . . .
Transferred to other Jails . . . . . . . . . . . .
Died in Jail . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Transferred to lunatic asylum . . . . . . . . .
Escaped . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TOTAL .
1921.
61
431
1
15
2
..
101
43
1
2
1
658
1922.
44
390
..
26
..
9
114
49
..
2
..
634
4. Excluding 63 prisoners received from other jails, the remaining 533 convicts admitted
into the Jail are classified as under :—
Hindus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mahomedans . . . . . . . . . . .
Eurasian . . . . . . . . . . .
TOTAL .
345
187
1
533
5. Of the 533 convicts admitted into the Jail, 55 were awarded simple imprisonment,
477 rigorous imprisonment and 1 rigorous imprisonment with solitary confinement.
6. Previous convictions.—The number of previously convicted prisoners admitted during
the year under review was 138 as against 133 in the previous year, their percentage to the total
number of convicts admitted being 25.89.
7. Employment of convicts.—Excluding sick and convalescent from whom occasional labour
is taken, the daily average number of convicts sentenced to labour on working days was 244.54.
8. Conduct of prisoners.—The number of Jail punishments of all kinds inflicted was 334
as compared with 337 during the preceding year.
9. No prisoner escaped during the year under report.
10. Health.—Out of 533 convicts admitted into the Jail, 487 were in good health, 45 in
indifferent and in bad health. The number of admissions into Jail Hospital was 62 against
129 in 1921. Only one death occurred among the under-trial prisoners during the year against
the same number in 1921.
11. There were 4 juvenile prisoners on the 1st January 1922. Twenty-two were received
during the year under report. Of these 26 children, 23 were released and 3 remained at the
close of the year.