§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNOR (Donegal, E.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If he will send an Inspector to Maryborough Prison to inquire into the personal safety of the warders under the system of discipline adopted by the governor, and into the amount of control and guard over the convicts employed outside the prison walls, and also into the escapes and attempts at escape since the convicts were removed to Maryborough?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)The prison is regularly visited once a month by an Inspector of the Prisons Board, and also at frequent intervals by their Medical Officer, and by a member of the Board. Nothing has come to the knowledge of the Government or of the Board to suggest the necessity for such a further inquiry as is proposed in the Question; but if the hon. Member has any information on the subject, I shall be obliged if he will communicate it to me.
§ MR ARTHUR O'CONNORI will supply the right hon. Gentleman.