but shall give his whole time and attention to the service of the prison.
90. All such officers shall treat the Visiting Justices, Judges, Members of the Council, and Magistrates with courtesy and respect.
91. Any subordinate officer, desiring to appeal against any decision of the Superintendent which affects him, shall state his complaint in writing for the consideration of the Governor.
92. All officers of the prison shall direct the attention of the Superintendent to any prisoner who may appear to him not to be in health, although he may not complain, or whose state of mind may appear to him deserving of special notice and care, in order that the opinion and instructions of the Surgeon may be taken on the case.
93. Any officer who shall be guilty of assaulting or otherwise molesting any prisoner, either within or without the prison premises, unless compelled to do so in self-defence or for some other lawful purpose, shall be at once suspended with a view to his dismissal, and, even if compelled to strike in self-defence, no unnecessary violence should be used.
94. No subordinate officer, on any pretence whatever, shall fail to make an immediate report to the Superintendent, or other his superior officer, of any misconduct or wilful disobedience of the prison regulations.
95. No subordinate officer shall unnecessarily converse with a prisoner, nor shall he by word, gesture, or demeanour, do anything which may tend to irritate a prisoner. He shall not allow any familiarity on the part of prisoners towards himself or any other officer of the prison, nor shall he on any account speak of his duties, or of any matters of discipline or prison arrangement, within hearing of the prisoners.
96. No officer shall, without the permission of the Superintendent, bring in or carry out, or knowingly allow to be brought in or carried out, to or for any prisoner, any money, clothing, provisions, tobacco, letters, papers, or other articles whatsoever; or shall give, or cause to be given to any prisoner such articles; and any officer who infringes this rule shall be forthwith suspended from his office by the Superintendent, who shall report his case to the Governor that the offender may be dealt with under sections 11 and 12 of The Prison Ordinance, 1885.
97. If they can be spared subordinate officers may be allowed leave on Saturday afternoon after the prisoners are locked in their cells, and on Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day, and Government Holidays, and at other times when they can be spared.
98. Any officer, on entering the prison service, may be employed in any part of the Colony, wheresoever it may seem fit to the Governor to employ him.
99. No subordinate officer shall punish a prisoner, except when ordered to do so by the Superintendent.
100. Each subordinate officer will be taken on probation for the first three months of his service; his appointment will not be confirmed at expiration of the three months unless the officer proved himself in all respects fitted for the situation.
101. No officer of the prison shall smoke or chew tobacco while on duty, or take tobacco inside the inner gate of the prison.
102. Every subordinate officer of the prison who shall fail to exercise a proper vigilance over the prisoners committed to his charge, or perform any duty enforced upon him by the regulations of the prison, or shall wilfully or carelessly disobey, neglect or evade, or permit to be disobeyed, neglected, or evaded, any regulation, or order, lawfully made and provided in respect of such prison, shall be liable to be dealt with by the Superintendent under No. 2.
103. All officers shall conduct themselves in an orderly and respectable manner when off duty.
104. When on duty subordinate officers shall appear neatly dressed in the uniform of the prison. Uniforms will be supplied to them half-yearly, viz., two suits white summer clothing, with boots and puggarees in May; and one cloth suit, with boots and cap in November. They will be supplied with a helmet every third year and an overcoat every fourth year.
105. Subordinate officers suspended from duty and afterwards restored to their situations shall not receive any pay for the time during which they shall have been suspended, except by order of the Governor.
106. All subordinate officers, on being relieved from any particular duty, or transferred to another part of the prison, shall point out to their successors all matters of special importance connected with their duties, and explain any directions from the Superintendent, or other superior officer, affecting any particular prisoner.
107. Any subordinate officer, disabled from the regular performance of his duties by ill-health, shall report the same to the Chief Warder and the Surgeon of the prison will, if necessary, order his removal to the Government Civil Hospital; and during the time he is there he shall conform to the rules of that establishment, and shall pay such charges as may be claimed for maintenance and treatment.
108. No officer shall directly or indirectly have any interest in any contract or supply connected with the prison, nor shall he receive, under any pretence whatever, any fee or gratuity from any person connected with such contract or supply.
109. All officers of the prison shall be liable to dismissal for improper conduct.
110. Officers confined to Hospital or otherwise incapacitated from duty from venereal disease or other cause arising from their own indiscretion shall forfeit half their pay during the period of their being so incapacitated.
111. Every officer shall occupy such quarters as may be assigned to him.
1. All officers must understand that their expectations of promotion will depend on the reports which their superiors may make as to their qualifications for, and as to their conduct in, the performance of their duties.
113. Any officer who may be suspended for misconduct shall immediately give up his keys and accoutrements and quit the prison, but shall afterwards attend daily at the prison at such hour as the Superintendent may appoint until otherwise directed.
114. An officer shall not make any unauthorised communication concerning the prison or prisoners to any person whatever, and shall not without authority communicate to the public press information derived from official sources or connected with his duties or the prison, and any such communication by an officer without authority shall be regarded as a breach of confidence and render him liable to dismissal.
115. A male officer shall not enter the division of the prison appropriated to female prisoners except on duty, nor unless accompanied by a female officer.
116. The foregoing rules are to be understood to apply to servants as well as officers of the prison.
117. All prison officers married or unmarried shall become members of the Officers' Mess on joining the staff and shall observe such rules for conducting the Mess as the Superintendent shall make from time to time. Unmarried officers shall take their meals in the Mess.
THE SURGEON.
118. The Surgeon shall have the medical charge of all the prisoners in the prison, and of their treatment when sick. He shall also give medical advice and assistance, including medicine, to the officers of the prison and their families.
119. The Surgeon shall visit the prison hospital every morning (and oftener if necessary) and attend to both the complaining sick and those in the hospital. He shall inspect the newly admitted prisoners and pass them for hard labour or otherwise. He shall visit the punishment cells, and see the prisoners confined therein, as also all prisoners before they are put on penal diet.
120. The Surgeon shall attend without delay at the prison at any hour on being summoned by the Superintendent, who shall be responsible for the reasonableness of the summons.
121. The Surgeon shall enter in a Journal to be kept in the prison:
(a) Any observations or suggestions he may deem it important to make on the diet of prisoners not in hospital.
(b) A short daily record of any sick prisoners under his treatment, whether they are in hospital or not; their names, the nature of their complaints, and the treatment pursued.
(c) His orders for such additional articles of food or clothing as he may deem necessary for the health of any prisoner not in hospital, and the medical reasons for such orders. Such orders shall be entered in the Superintendent's Daily Return, and submitted to the Governor.
122. The Surgeon shall visit prisoners in separate cells who have given notice to the Superintendent that they are unwell and wish to see a doctor.
123. No medicine shall be administered to any prisoner without the Surgeon's orders.
124. The Surgeon shall regulate the hours of exercise and of labour of prisoners out of health.
125. The Surgeon shall examine every prisoner sentenced to corporal punishment before the punishment is inflicted, and shall be present while it is being carried out. He shall give such orders for preventing injury to health as he may deem necessary and it shall be the duty of the Superintendent to carry them into effect.
126. The Surgeon shall examine the food provided for the prisoners, and inspect every prisoner weekly, and daily when epidemic disease exists in the neighbourhood.
127. The Surgeon shall give written directions for separating prisoners having infectious complaints, or suspected of having them; and for cleansing, disinfecting, or destroying any infected apparel or bedding.
128. The Surgeon shall report to the Superintendent the case of any prisoner about to be discharged who may be suffering from acute or dangerous disease; in which case the prisoner need not be discharged, unless he demands it.
129. The Hospital Warders shall be under the immediate orders of the Surgeon, and shall be present at such times, and perform such duties as he may require from them, consistently with their position in the prison.
130. The Superintendent shall place at the disposal of the Surgeon well-conducted prisoners, who can safely be entrusted with the duty of attending upon the sick, not exceeding in number one to every ten patients.
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