ORDINANCE No. 18 OF 1885 . 1907
Prison.
19. The Superintendent shall visit prisoners in solitary confinement, occasionally
visit the wards and cells at night, and keep a general supervision over the mark system .
20. The Superintendent shall hear the reports every day, at such an hour as is
most convenient, and shall take care that every prisoner having a complaint to make,
or request to prefer to him, shall have ample facilities for doing so ; and he shall
redress any grievances , or take such steps as may seem necessary, recording the same
in the prisoners ' interview book.
21. The Superintendent shall forward to the Governor without delay any report
or complaint which any officer of the prison may desire to make to him , and shall
on no account suppress it ; but he may offer any explanation with it which may seem
to him requisite.
22. The Superintendent shall enforce the observance of silence throughout the
prison, and prevent all intercourse or communication between the prisoners, so far as
the formation and the conduct of the business of the prison or the labour of the
prisoners will permit, and shall take care that all necessary and unavoidable intercourse
or communication between prisoners be conducted in such manner only as he shall
from time to time direct .
23. The Superintendent shall take care that no prisoner is subjected to any
punishment which the Surgeon is not satisfied he is capable of undergoing ; and shall
see that the written recommendations of the Surgeon are attended to as to the supply of
any additional bedding or clothing, or alteration of diet for any prisoner, or with
respect to any alteration of discipline or treatment in the case of any prisoner whose
mind or body appears to require it.
24. The Superintendent shall cause an inventory to be kept of all clothing,
bedding, tools, furniture , & c., under his charge, which shall be verified half-yearly ;
and he shall satisfy himself of the correctness of the inventory, and shall countersign
the same. All unserviceable and unrepairable articles at such times shall be brought
forward for inspection , that they may be condemned and sold , or otherwise disposed of.
25. The Superintendent shall exercise his authority with firmness, temper, and
humanity. His object should be not only to give full effect to the sentence awarded
to the prisoners, but also to induce in them practical habits of industry, regularity,
and good conduct.
26. The Superintendent shall submit to the Governor, by the 1st of February in
each year, an annual report of the prison for the previous year, referring to all subjects
of interest, and giving a brief history of the prison.
27. The Superintendent shall enter in the Superintendent's order book all per
manent orders which he shall issue relating to the management and discipline of the
prison.