§ COLONEL NOLAN (Galway, N.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If lately the prisoners under the Crimes Act in Galway Gaol have been permitted to take exercise twice a-day, in compliance with the usual custom in such cases?
THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.), in reply, said, ho had already stated, in reply to a Question by the hon. Member for South Galway (Mr. Sheehy) that the Prison Rules made it absolute that prisoners should each receive two hours' exercise per day; but whether in one period of time or more was in the discretion of the Governor. As a matter of fact, however, it appeared from a Report received from the Governor of Galway Prison that all prisoners confined in that prison received their daily exercise at two periods of the day—morning and evening—until between 10th March and 7th April, when it was found necessary, in the interest of discipline in the prison, to have the exercise taken at one period of the day.
§ MR. EDWARD HARRINGTON (Kerry, W.)asked the right hon. Gentleman, was he aware that the Prison Rules set forth that where it was possible and practicable prisoners should have their exercise every day in two portions, and not altogether at one time.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURsaid, he had stated what he had believed to be the rule of the Prison Regulations.