§ 67. Mr. Bennasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many persons 6W were serving prison sentences in each of the Colonial Territories at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. HareThe following is the answer:
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Territory Date or Year Number of Prisoners Aden 1954 †196 Bahamas 1954 *212 Barbados 1953 †153 Bermuda 31.12.1953 †104 British Guiana 1954 †561 British Honduras 31.12.1954 139 Brunei Figures being obtained Cyprus 31.12.1954 †375 Falkland Islands Figures being obtained Federation of Malaya 31.12.1954 2,196 Federation of Nigeria 1953 *14,040 (includes Native Authority prisons) Fiji 31.12.1954 ‡233 Gambia 31.12.1952 123 Gibraltar 1953 *14 Gold Coast … 31. 3.1954 3,170 (excludes Native Authority prisons) Hong Kong 1955 *2,766 Jamaica 31.12.1954 ‡2,696 Kenya 1954 †27,044 Leeward Islands Antigua 31.12.1954 ‡100 Montserrat 31.12.1954 ‡18 St. Kitts-Nevis 31.12.1954 ‡85 Virgin Island 31.12.1953 ‡3 Malta 1954–5 *110 Mauritius 1954 ‡396 North Borneo 31.12.1954 ‡146 St. Helena 31.12.1953 1 Sarawak 31.12.1954 ‡125 Seychelles 1954 *33 Sierra Leone 31.12.1954 1,097 Singapore 31.12.1953 877 Somaliland 1954 †402 Tanganyika 31.12.1954 ‡19,227 Trinidad 1954 †838 Uganda 31.12.1955 3,910 (excludes Native Authority prisons) Western Pacific Gilbert and Ellice Islands 1953 †31 Windward Islands Dominica 1954 *72 Grenada 1953 †115 St. Lucia 1953 †122 St. Vincent 1954 *99 Zanzibar … … 1954 †357 72,186 * Daily average, including remands, etc. † Daily average, excluding remands, etc. ‡ Includes remands, etc.