§ Mr. SCURRasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to the statements of Colonel C. H. Bensley, the Inspector-General of Prisons of India, relating to gaol administration in Assam, to the effect that our gaols are turning out criminals, and urging on all those who have to deal with juvenile cases to explore every other alternative before awarding a sentence of imprisonment; and what steps, if any, have been taken by the Government of India to remedy this state of affairs in the Assam gaols?
§ Mr. RICHARDSIf my hon. Friend will turn to paragraphs 5 and 7 of the Assam Government's Resolution, at the end of the Report from which he is quoting, he will find the information which he desires. The same Resolution also describes further action taken by the Local Government in 1923 to give effect to the recommendations of the Indian Gaols Committee.