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1928. NE W ZEAL A N D.

PRISONS DEPARTMENT. PRISONS BOARD (ANNUAL REPORT OF) FOR 1927.

Presented to both, Houses of the General Assembly by Command oj His Excellency.

Members of the Board. Hon. Sir William Sim (President); Sir George Fenwick, Kt.; William Reece, Esq.; Sir Donald McGavin, Kt., C.M.G., M.D. (Lond.); D. G. A. Cooper, Esq.; John Alexander, Esq., C.M.G.; and B. L. Dallabd, Esq., Controller-General of Prisons.

Sir, — 13th August, 1928. I have the honour to forward herewith the report of the Prisons Board for the year 1927. I have, &c., The Hon. the Minister of Justice. W. A. Sim, President.

REPORT OF THE PRISONS BOARD. For the Year ended 31st December, 1927. The Board has to report that during the year ended 31st December, 1927, it dealt with a total of 1,250 cases at meetings held at Wellington and the various prison institutions of the Dominion. The following table sets out under their respective statutory headings the number of cases considered at each meeting, together with the decisions reached : —

TABLE A.

Cases considered of I Decisions sh^JJ e^ 0a8es were i «• B -a -So s Probationers for go -a t3 o 0 S « a 3 -go £ g §a5 Discharge from Pro- £ § 2S«-°»| a .«>B Month of | go j, § l-g* bation or Variation J> 8 = ■§*"" 2,3 -C.S g a Meeting. I||J ° Termsof Release. fl o 3 "g gB| S »| °|f S gg J s|| "s | Crimes Offender g § § o § al Jjtf'e SS'S » 3 ||l | I |I|°k! mentAct. tionere. I ftfl f 1 15 S (S «5-S I McmWWM HPH H January .. - • 95 8 .. .. . • 103 19 76 3 5 .. .. .. 103 1 14 7 .. 22 10 12 22 ..1 8 5 14 .. 12 1 1 14 .. 10 29 14 .... .. .. 53 10 37 4 2 53 March .. 54 108 64' .. 3 4 3 236 60 133 25 15 2 1 236 June 4 181 108 .. 4 4 5 306 71 160 45 22 4 4 306 September 7 137 41 .. 3 5 9 202 60 111 10 10 7 1 3 202 November 38 93 70 .. 1 .. 3 205 48 122 22 10 2 1 205 December .. 101 8 .. 109 34 66 .. 9 109 115 766 325 111 13 20 1,250 312 729 110 74 15 7 3 1,250 l