§ DR. FARQUHARSON (Aberdeenshire, W.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether the number of offences and corporal and other punishments in prisons under the control of a chief warder have been proportionately three times as many as those in prisons controlled by a governor; and whether he will give legislation on the lines of clause 5 of the amended Prisons Bill
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (Mr. J., POWELL WILLIAMS,) Birmingham, S.During 1897 the prison offences committed in military prisons under governors gave a percentage of about 16 on the number of prisoners. The corporal punishments were.07 per cent. In the prisons under chief warders the offences were 24 per cent, and the corporal punishments.2 per cent. The rules for the infliction of corporal punishment in military prisons are nearly identical with clause 5 of the amended Prisons Bill, and it is intended to alter the rules so that they shall conform to the Act when passed.