18 AJMER CENTRAL JAIL.
4. Classification of Convicts.—Excluding the 36 convicts received from
other jails, the remaining 740 convicts admitted in the jail are classified as
follows :—
|
Hindus . . . . . . |
456 |
|
Mahomedans . . . . . . |
276 |
|
Europeans . . . . . . |
2 |
|
Eurasians . . . . . . |
2 |
|
Native Christians . . . . . |
4 |
According to age classification, 13 were under 16 years, 570 between 16
and 40, and 144 between 40 and 60, and 13 above 60 years of age.
According to sex, 706 were males and 34 females.
Of the 706 male convicts, the majority were agriculturists, domestic
servants and labourers as will be seen by the details in the margin.
|
Agriculturists . . . . . . |
229 |
|
Labourers . . . . . . |
224 |
|
Shop-keepers and traders . . . . |
51 |
|
Domestic servants . . . . . . |
117 |
|
Miscellaneous occupation . . . |
3 |
|
Government servants . . . . |
29 |
|
No occupation . . . . . |
53 |
|
TOTAL . |
706 |
5. Of the 740 convicts admitted in the
Jail, 105 were awarded simple imprison-
ment, 611 rigorous imprisonment, 16
rigorous imprisonment with solitary con-
finement and 8 rigorous imprisonment
with whipping.
The number of convicts sentenced to various terms of imprisonment was
as follows:—
|
PARTICTLARS. |
Simple im- |
Rigorous im- |
Rigorous im- |
Rigorous im- |
|
Not exceeding one month . . . |
76 |
183 |
... |
2 |
|
Above 1 and not exceeding 3 months . . . |
23 |
172 |
... |
2 |
|
„ 3 „ 6 „ . |
4 |
108 |
2 |
1 |
|
„ 6 months and not exceeding 1 year . |
2 |
71 |
1 |
2 |
|
„ 1 year „ 2 years . |
... |
37 |
10 |
... |
|
„ 2 years „ 5 „ . |
... |
19 |
2 |
1 |
|
„ 5 „ 10 „ . |
... |
9 |
1 |
... |
|
Sentenced to transportation beyond seas |
... |
6 |
... |
... |
|
Sentenced to death . . . . . |
... |
6 |
... |
... |
|
TOTAL . |
105 |
611 |
16 |
8 |
6. Previous conviction.—The number of previously convicted prisoners
admitted during the year under review was 164 as compared with 128 in the
previous year, their percentage to the total number of convicts admitted
being 22.16.
7. Employment 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 229.79, of whom 11.99 were employed
as prison officers, 25.05 as prison servants, 7.44 on gardening, 35.76 on pre-
paring articles for consumption in Jail and 138.74 as manufacturers. The daily
average number exempted from labour was 10.38.