Page 217 - Annuaire Statistique Québec - 1918

F.--PENAL INSTITUTIONS.

The following information is taken from the reports sent annually
to the Bureau of Statistics and published in the Statistics of Penal
Institutions of the Province of Qu.ebec. It is a brief summary of the
administration of these institutions from the year 1900.
There are three classes of penal establishments under the control
of the Government of the Province of Quebec; these are the prisons,
the reformatories and industrial schools. The penitentiary of St,
Vincent de Paul where criminals are interned for a period of 2 or more
years is under the administration of the Dominion Government.
PRISONS.
Ail the judicial districts except Nicolet, have a prison, that of
Gaspé, has four o\ving ta the extent of the territory, and that of Montreal
has three, one of which is reserved for young delinquents, The oldest
house of detention in the' Province is that of Three Rivers which was
built in 1817.
At the beginning of the yea.r 1925, there were 734 persans detained
in these prisons. The prisoners received dming the year numbered 12,796
and at the end of the year there still remained 870, of which 70.5 \vere
men and 165 were women. The cost of the administration of the prisons
amounted to $433,364. Beating absorbed mûl"e than one fifth of this
amount and the maintenance of the persons detained cost more than
$60,000.

67-Pr·isoners.-Total number of days of delenlion.-Annual Expenses•
...
NUMBEft OF PR1SO.'lERS
Talai 1
number TotaJ
C At.f'..N DAR 011 31st Dccembcr Ji) iôO! C q ndmlttcd Pi"I...41::erq III 1:) l" of
Y&J\ns of previou9 dUrii:~ the i111 1l1e da.>'" of expensee
~'ear >,eRr 31st December dc!.cntlon
0)
Meu Women Men Vv~om€' lIfeo ~1"omen
1- - - ---
19~!>. 1>-17 ~7 II,UI~ 1,?7H 70. )05 333,4li .j:Jj,:!jH
1924.- .... . 6 116 10,4[>9 UlO3 6-.17 87 30'UOI 391,691
1923. .. .... 7ù:,'.i 13;; (l,lM 1.4f>2 .,:36 116 306,919 376,281
1922. ... .'182 90 0,71-1 1,~30 70;' HI,) HJ.430 369,206
1921. .,. H7 86 10,63.) 1,360 t,S2 90 267,J 18 417,943
J920. .. . ... 412 88 8 1 278 1,330 447 86 121,1113 421.766
1919. .... 107 120 9,W8 104'17 412 88 "j,J,273 3:.I~,HI
IHI!;' ...... 415 )40 6 ..31 1,676 407 120 205,0:22 29S,2J7
1!11. 7. ... " . 47;) 10;; 6/1;)1 J.21tJ 415 140 2D'),212 2;;7,801
1'116. ...... 499 .1 Ml 6..141 1,224 176 108 231,369 237,(;83
191.'\. .... 735 120 8,465 ).583 H3 15,''i ~l4,331 27:->,:!H9
1014. ... ., . 80Z 153 9.83., ] ,<J75 7:),) 120 315,713 276,832
1913. ." 518 117 9,137 1,406 759 1.'>1 299.11-1 256,968
1912, ...... 541 149 7,728 ),~40 519 147 280,OlS W9,716
1911. ...... ~08 173 6,8'\1 1,'108 HL 149 3fJ~,;1J9 17:>,~2n
!fIIO. .... [j;~O 100 n,O(jH !,30? snR ln 2û"',(176 17'1,f~'i
1909. ...... fj:·;5 lS2 ;),'JS.ï 1,3:3:, ,1;~O Inti ~87.0J8 176," .11
1908. ... "G9 19~ 7,0~6 1,0"9 ü3" 182 ;11l7..111 174, '9
1007. ...... 4"*5 ln 4,630 7:-)7 &09 1!l:1 ~l~,~~ 1 149,!l!3
IgOR. ,. 401 123 '>.378 l,()ll2 445 I~~ :-.l7:'.:lU~ 131, ~1()
1905. .... 398 115 5,~il 2 t,333 40) 123 BU;' 141,.-02
jg()4 .. .... 824 06 '1,8IB 1,109 398 II fi 18D,7(H Hi, ,73
1003 ... ... 268 109 4,17(:1 968 324 fin 1 i~l,7, 2 12G.CJ15
1902 ..... .. 33'> 132 3,!i22 D22 268 1[)~1 - 12l,:-,78
1901 ...... ~ 31'i 112 2,788 00f> 3;"ifi J:U 173,fr.s l15,871
1900. .1311 Il', :l,r,cli ~:H Hli U~ - 126.1)7
(1) NOl mdudIUg el:penses of the pn~1l lor Co.tho1tc womcn, in ehnrge o{ the uuos of t,he Good
She-I)he-rd.
(1) Il S. P. Q., 1925. ch. 156.
:r:..;t.tn~<:~ of Sla(ùnic8 0/ Penal InBtilu/ù;ns 0/ fhe Province (JI Q1Lebr.c.