(No. B/83) Mr K. Lobine (First Member for La Caverne & Phoenix) asked the Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, Home Affairs and External Communications, Minister of Finance, Minister for Rodrigues and Outer Islands whether, in regard to the constant rise in the prison population, he will – (a) for the benefit of the House, obtain from the Mauritius Prison Service, information as to the – (i) name of the actual Commissioner of Prisons; (ii) official capacity of the prison system, and (iii) actual total prison population including pre-trial and remand detainees, and (b) state if he has been made aware of recent incidents occurring in the prisons due to the overpopulation thereof and lack of staff, indicating the measures being taken to alleviate this problem.