20 AJMER CENTRAL JAIL.
Classification of convicts.
4. Excluding the 47 convicts received from other jails the remaining
615 convicts admitted in the jails are
classified as follows :—
|
Hindus . . . . . . . . . . . |
421 |
|
Mahomedans . . . . . . . . . |
184 |
|
Eurasians . . . . . . . . . . |
11 |
|
Native Christians . . . . . . . . . |
8 |
According to age classification 12 were under 16 years, 543 between 16 and
40, 55 between 40 and 60 and 5 above 60 years of age.
|
Of independent property . |
... |
|
Agriculturists . . . . |
162 |
|
Labourers . . . . . |
197 |
|
Shopkeepers and Traders . . |
47 |
|
Domestic servants . . . . |
102 |
|
Miscellaneous occupation . . |
3 |
|
Government servants . . . |
28 |
|
No occupation . . . . |
46 |
|
585 |
According to sex 585 were males and
30 females. Of the 585 male convicts
the majority were agriculturists, domestic
servants and labourers as will be seen by
the details in the margin.
5. Of the 615 convicts admitted in the Jail 97 were awarded simple
imprisonment.
507 were awarded rigorous imprisonment.
6 were awarded rigorous imprisonment with solitary confinement.
5 were awarded rigorous imprisonment with whipping.
The number of convicts sentenced to various terms of imprisonment was
as follows:—
|
— |
Simple im- |
Rigorous im- |
Rigorous im- |
Rigorous im- |
|
Not exceeding one month . . . |
62 |
149 |
... |
... |
|
Above 1 but not exceeding 3 months . |
25 |
185 |
... |
2 |
|
„ 3 ditto 6 „ . |
3 |
92 |
1 |
1 |
|
„ 6 months but not exceeding 1 year . |
7 |
42 |
1 |
1 |
|
„ 1 year ditto 2 years . |
... |
21 |
3 |
1 |
|
„ 2 years ditto 5 „ . |
... |
5 |
1 |
... |
|
„ 5 „ ditto 10 „ . |
... |
3 |
... |
... |
|
Transportation beyond seas . . . |
... |
6 |
... |
... |
|
Sentenced to death . . . . |
... |
4 |
... |
... |
|
97 |
507 |
6 |
5 |
6. Previous conviction.—The number of previously convicted prisoners
admitted during the year under review was 128 as compared with 164 in the
previous year, their percentage to the total number of convicts admitted
being 20.81.
7. Employments of convicts.—Excluding sick and convalescent from
whom occasional labour is taken the daily average number of convicts sen-
tenced to labour on working days was 208.95 of whom 12.00 were employed
as prison officers, 28.28 as prisons servants, 8.01 on gardening, 33.54 on pre-
paring articles for consumption in Jail, 113.66 as manufacturers. The daily
average number exempted from labour was 8.02.