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2 9. The convicts in the Road Jail are accommodated in a large tem-
3 porary shed, the materials of which are pulled down, carried on, and re-
4 erected as they change their encamping place. There are at present 128
5 prisoners employed in this Jail.
6 10, The diet of the prisoners under sentence of hard labor was fixed —
7 upon the reasonable and humane principle, that a man who has to endure
8 toil should be fed in such a manner that his ordinary physical strength
9 should be fully sustained. Major Haines, the Superintendent of the
10 Bangalore Division, who has had twelve years’ experience in the charge,
11 is of opinion, that although doubtless a number of the convicts are better
12 fed and betver clad than ever they were before, ‘yet when properly kept
13 to their work as they ought to be and are, there are very few individuals
14 to whom the Jail life can hold out any allurements.
15 11. The prison diet is 1} seer of Raghy and 4 Anna in cash for each
16 working gay, and 1 seer of. rice, with the same money allowance for -
17 Sunday.
18 12. Out of this money allowance the prisoners are allowed to pur-
19 chase for themselves salt, pepper, chillies, and other condiments, to
20 savour their food with, but the greatest care is taken to prevent them.
21 from having access to drugs, opium or spirits of any kind.
22 13. One prisoner to_about fifteen is selected to grind the grain
23 rations. He is generally selected from the aged and weak, and is retained
24 for this purpose within the Jail during the working hours.
25 14, Prisoners of concordant castes mess together in numbers of four
26 or five, and prepare their food in a common vessel. Others who cannot
27 find caste fellows cook their meals separately, and the Town Jail affords
28 cooking places proper for them.
29 15. The working hours are from sun-rise to noon ; there is then an
30 hour of rest; the work is resumed at 1 P. M. and left off at 3, so as
31 to admit of the prisoners returning to the Jail in time to be mustered
32 and searched, to eat their food, and to be properly secured before dark.
33 16. Of course there is no labor on the Sunday, but on that day, for the
34 sake of the health and cleanliness of the convicts, a small allowance of oil
35 and soap-nut is served out to each man in addition to his ordinary rations.
36 17. Each convict has a cumbly anda piece of cloth served out to
37 him annually.
38 18. The total expense to Government of each convict,. including
39 every charge, is about Rupees 59-12 per annum.