DECREASE OF PRISON POPULATION
FIGURES FOR NEW SOUTH WALES (Press Association. —Copibiqht.,> (Received 10.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The annual report of the Comptroller of Prisons shows a continued steady decrease in prison population, which for 1911 totalled 1249, a decrease of 71 compared with the previous year, though the population - -of the State increased by 55.CC0. The ratio of prison to general nopulation was 7.1 per 100,000. compared with 221 in 1874. The Comptroller recommends isolated industrial homes for inebriates, similar to those maintained by the Salvation Avmy in New Zealand.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, 15 July 1912, Page 5
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