DR. CAMERONasked the Lord Advocate, In what class of prisoners the Skye Crofters, sentenced to two months' imprisonment for breach of interdict, have been placed; and, if they are regarded as first-class misdemeanants, what opportunities for association and exercise, what indulgences in the shape of extra cell accommodation, attendance, and food, provided at the expense of their friends, may be allowed to them under the prison regulations which apply to Scotland?
THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. B. BALFOUR)Sir, the Crofters referred to are classed as prisoners committed for contempt of Court, and are associated together in one large special apartment. Under the rules, they are not "placed 805 in association or at exercise with ordinary criminal prisoners." They are allowed to receive supplies of food from outside, and all their meals are supplied to them by their friends. They are also supplied with a newspaper and books and Gaelic Bible. They are allowed to receive visitors.