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AJMER CENTRAL JAIL.
The number of convicts sentenced to various terms of imprisonment was as follows:—
Particulars.
Not exceeding one month
.
.
.
.
.
.
Above 1 but not exceeding three months . . .
Above 3 but not exceeding six months . . . . . .
Above 6 months bat not exceeding 1 year . .
Above 1 but not exceeding 2 years . . . . . .
Above 2 but not exceeding 5 years . . . . . .
Above 5 but not exceeding 10 years . . . . . .
Transportation beyond seas
.
.
.
.
.
.
Sentenced to death
.
.
.
.
.
.
TOTAL .
Simple
imprison-
ment.
58
13
4
1
3
Nil.
...
Nil.
...
79
Rigorous
imprison-
ment.
139
122
101
100
36
16
2
6
2
524
Rigorous
imprisonment
with
solitary
confinement.
...
...
6
3
4
2
...
...
...
15
Rigorous
imprisonment
with whipping.
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Previous conviction.
6. The number of previously convicted prisoners admitted during the year under review
was 164 as compared with 110 in the previous
year, their percentage to the total number of
convicts admitted being 26.45.
Employment of convicts.
7. Excluding sick and convalescents from whom occasional labour is taken the daily
average number of convicts sentenced to labour
on working days was 232.19 of whom 14.15 were
employed as prison officers, 30.38 as prison servants, 8.41 on gardening, 37.81 on preparing
articles for consumption in Jail, and 142.14 on manufactures. The daily average number
exempted from labour was 8.86.
Conduct of prisoners.
8. The number of Jail punishments of all kinds inflicted was 169, as compared with
119 in 1910. They are classed as below:—
Solitary confinement
........
Reduced diet
..........
Corporal punishment
........
Other punishments
........
TOTAL .
10
22
2
135
169
Escapes.
9. There were no escapes from the Jail during
the year under review.
Health.
10. The general health of the prisoners was good throughout the year. The number of
admissions to the Jail hospital was 227 against
219 in 1910. There were two deaths as compared
with 3 in 1910.
Juvenile offenders.
11. There were 23 juvenile offenders including 3 left at the close of the year 1910. Of
these 23 children 22 were released on expiration
of, their sentences and 1 in honour of the Delhi
Coronation Durbar. There was no juvenile offender in the jail at the close of the year. No
prison offence was recorded against them during the year.
Jail manufactures.
12. The profit from Jail manufactures amounted to R487-13-1 against R2,508-6-5 in 1910
and the average earning per head of prisoners
employed on Jail manufactures consequently fell
from R19-1-3 to R3-6-11. The cause of the falling off has been explained in para. 29 of the
Jail report.
Expenditure.
13. The total expenditure in guarding and maintaining the -prisoners including that
incurred (1) by the Public Works Department on
buildings and repairs and (2) by Magistrates
in guarding and maintaining undertrials, amounted to R31,416-5-9. The average cost per
prisoner during the year was R98-7-1 against R78-4-4 in the preceding year. The increase is
chiefly due to the high price of all kinds of food stuffs and clothing materials.
General remarks.
14. The Jail was inspected once by the Honourable the Chief Commissioner, Ajmer-
Merwara, once by the Chief Medical Officer and
several times by the Commissioner and Inspector
General of Prisons.
Rai Bahadur Seth Nemichand very kindly distributed food as also a sum of R50 to
those who were needy among the 82 prisoners released on 12th December 1911 in commemora-
tion of the Delhi Durbar.
W. STRATTON,
Lieutenant-Colonel,
Commissioner,
Ajmer-Merwara.