AN ACCOUNT OF THE ÃœAOLS, HOUSES OF CORRECTION,
1.
NAMES of PRISONS.
2.
Whether Common Gaol, House of Correction,
or Penitentiary.
Under what Jurisdiction
and Superintendence.
COUNTY OF CAVAN
'5AVAN, Gaol -Common Gaol
r High Sheriff, Magis-trates, local Inspector, ; Surgeon, Apofhecary, Gaoler, under Gaoler, Land Turnkey ---
COUNTY OF CLÄRE:
SNNIS, Gaol i -
KILRUSH, Bridewell
(" Common Gaol; < of the county of \ Ldare ---
Common Gaol --
1 local Inspector who is Protestant chaplain, one Physician, one Surgeon, one Roman Catholic chap-lain, one Apothecary, one Keeper or Gaoler, two male assistants, one fe-male d°
{Magistrates, and a"!
keeper at a salary of > £.
4 per annum --J
COUNTY OF CORK
(CORK, County Gaol at Cork
BANDON, County Bridewell
.ROSS
CARBERY, Briden eil --
CLOGHNIRILTY, Borough Marshalsea
SKIBBEREEN, Bridewell 'bridgetown, Bridewell
f Common Gaol for Debtors and ^ Criminals --
For receiving felons* on their way to the county gaol, and pri-soners bailable for Sessions,& prisoners for town debts -
-
Tbe Sheriff of thecounty, a local inspector, and a Committee of Magistrates nominated by the Grand Jury at each Assizes --
Common Gaol --That of the Sheriff
j~ Common Gaol or") \Bridewell -
--J
Bridewell
The High Sheriff andl Provost of Bandon --J"
Bridewell
The Sovereign of the borough of Cloghniülty, now the rev.Dr.l'ownsend
The Sheriff C The Lord of the manor Lof Bridgetown ---
4-Number of Prisoners each is capable of
containing.
-8o
-142
5-Number of Classes 0» Departments.
.
5 departments; viz.
two for male and fe-male debtors, two for male and female fe-Ions, and one for rioters and misde-meanors ----
Whether the Classes can be
Increased ?
Not in the pre-sent building -
Number of Prisoners committed
in 1818.
479
6; viz.
Male debtors Female d° Aecused felons Convicted d° Inferior -d° Female -d°
No classes or de-"] partments, but 2 | rooms 11 feet by 15 1 each --J
Classes can be in-creased, by an ad-dition to the pre-sent gaol, or by occupying the old gaol, now in pos-Session of tbe county ---
No classes
> 463
131
Greatest N umber of Prisoners at one time,
in 1818.
167
231
10
/-Tri«
"^ '45
25'
»5
36
Ki ses
f Criminals -228 Debtors -80 Female cri-"j minals and > 28 debtors -J
336
1 3 rooms, capa-"l > ble of aecommo-> J dating 12 or 15 -J
About 10
-About 5
Criminal side of the gaol is classed into 5 wards, with a yard to each (exclusive ol the hospital) ; 1, one for male pi isoners tor trial at Assizes; 2, one for d^ ior trial at besswns; 3, one for Assizes convicts; 4, one tor convicts at Sessions, and before Magis-trates under penal Statutes, aua for de-serters and persons sentenced by courts martial; 5, one for female prisoners of all descriptions -
-
2 wards or cells,"!
15 feet 9 inches lont?,!
by 10 feet broad, | and 7 feet high -J
S, male and female
Not under the present consti uc-tion ot the build-ing, but tbe *.cite
on which tue ^aol is buijt, conla.ns
suöfcientspaceto extend the ciassi-fication, by alter-ations and addi-tional buildings -
Cannot -
Could be increased by building equal cells or wards in the rear ---
f They cannot be < increased for want [_ot room ---
'f No possibility of \classing ---
1.145^
271
50
About 20
) 91 fer Melonyand J assaults
50
468; viz.
connty pri-soiürs, 331 debtors, 82 deserters, 3 convicts troiB other counties, 52
13
About 2
»94
5»
Col.
.9
|
douw.
J Cmran:—(a) The County are about building a large infirraary to the gaol
SEaVAXIOSS.
increased.
and the population of the town and vicinity is so multiplied, that the present bridewell is insufficient.
Cfore:—(6) The regulations.
of the gaol, are strictly those laid down ip the Gaol Act, 50 Geo.
III.
c.
103.
$ 69.
no deviation therefrom in the course ofthe present year has occurred.
(c) When the bridewell of the town was built, the town was a small fishing village, and the bridewell was theu sufficient; since tbat time the town has
Cork:—(d) See remarks on the statutable regulations in Appendix B.
(e) The bridewell kept for the reception of prisoners, in transitu to Cork, an»
for such as may be apprehended in the town or neigbb.ourhoQd;
there are two large bedsteads, but no bed clothes of any kind.
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