§ MR. M'LAREN () Leicester, BosworthI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a male prisoner can by good conduct earn one-third of his sentence while in a convict prison; and whether the same rule has been applied in the case of female prisoners; and, if not, whether he will, in the exercise of the powers he now possesses, give to female prisoners a similar privilege?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir M. W. RIDLEY,) Lancashire, BlackpoolA man under sentence of penal servitude can, by industry and good conduct, obtain his discharge from prison on licence after he has served three-fourths of his sentence; a woman after she has served two-thirds. Under the proposed rules, a draft of which has been laid before the House, a somewhat analogous privilege will be allowed to prisoners serving a term of more than six months' imprisonment. In this case men and women will be treated alike.