§ MR. PICKERSGILLI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home 140 Department what provision is made for the reformatory treatment in prison of lads who, by reason of bad health or poor physique being unfit for drill and hard work, are regarded as unsuitable for admission to Borstal or Lincoln prisons.
§ MR. GLADSTONEThe lads referred to in the Question are treated as far as possible under what is known as the modified Borstal system now in force at all prisons under the Prison Rule of the 13th July, 1906, which was laid before Parliament in draft on the 9th April, 1906, and published as a Parliamentary Paper. They are employed in association at some useful trade or occupation, they are granted special privileges for marks earned, they are instructed for an hour daily until they have attained the fifth standard, and they attend the lectures and addresses given to all lads treated under this system. Special care is taken to obtain assistance or employment for them on their discharge.