DETENTION OF PRISONERS.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15395, 28 September 1915, Page 8

DETENTION OF PRISONERS.

GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS. (sPECIAXi TO "the press.") AVELLINGTON, September 27. Tho Prisoners Detention Bill, -which was introduced by Governor's Message to-night, provides that in certain cases prisoners may be removed to hospitals, or parts of hospitals, specially set apart for prison purposes, and may, if such is considered necessary or desirable, bo kept in such hospitals for a period extending beyond the duration of their sentence. A prisoner is given the righj, of appealing against an order made for his detention in such a hospital. The essential clauses of tho Bill provide that tho Government may, by proclamation. declare any hospital to bo a prison hospital. Every hospital so proclaimed shall bo a prison, and every person detained therein shall be deemed to be convicted prisoners. The expiration of tho term of detention will be determined by the physical condition of the patient. It is understood that this Bill is intended to give the authorities power to control parties of soldiers who have been returned to New Zealand suffering from certain contagious diseases.