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2 bance within the years under report. Escapes from Jail have been rare.
3 In 1854, only 60 prisoners broke Jail, of whom 48 were re-captured, and
4 38 during 1855, of whom again 33 were re-captured. Re-commitments
5 on second convictions are becoming less frequent.
6 - $3. About half the prisoners are employed in manufactures, including
7 Hriplognasnt septiebe: articles for sale and for prison use ; one-fourth would
8 ers. be employed in the menial duties, in the garden
9 of the Jail, and on the repair of the prison buildings and premises; the
10 remainder would from various causes be non-effective. In regard to
11 manufactures the Jails can turn out better floor-
12 cloths, rope, country-paper and blankets, than can
13 be made elsewhere in the Punjab. It is believed that all the tents
14 required for the Public Establishments will be procurable from the
15 Jails. Lithographic Printing Presses are worked with great effect
16 in several Jails, such as those of Umritsur, Ferozepore, Umballa,
17 and the Central Jail, Lahore. The value of articles manufactured
18 -during 1854 amounted to Rupees 24,660 or £2,466, and during
19 1855 to Rupees 29,888 or £2,988. The estimated value, direct and
20 indirect, of all kinds (including manufacture), was, during 1854,
21 Rupees 1,53,2388 or £15,323, and during 1855 Rupees 1,61,541
22 or £16,154.
23 34, A stimulus will be given to mechanical industry in Jails by the
24 Machinery jproourea arrival of a number of model machines and
25 from England. instruments of a suitable character from England,
26 procured through the good offices of Major S. A. Abbott, Deputy Com-.
27 missioner, while on furlough.
28 35. There are three measures for the moral government of prisoners,
29 Maiden “de tuaeees with which but scanty progress has yet been made,
30 ments remaining to be namely, solitary confinement, remission of por-
31 effected. : ;
32 Manufacture.
33 tion of imprisonment in consideration of good
34 behaviour and education, Though \fle has been done hitherto,
35 attention will be paid to these in future. Solitary cells are being
36 fitted up everywhere. At Lahore the Chief Commissioner and Judi-
37 cial Commissioner in person released a number of prisoners recommended .
38 for their good conduct. At the close of 1854, only 745 prisoners in all
39 the Jails could read and write; by the end of 1855 the number had
40 risen to 17350. -