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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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any room or ward is three, who shall have separate sleeping places, and the room or ward shall be lighted at night and be under the constant supervision of the prison officers.
58. Female prisoners shall under no circumstances be attended otherwise than any by officers of their own sex, and shall hold no communication whatever with male prisoner. No male officer shall enter or remain in a room or ward in which female prisoners are confined unless he is accompanied by the matron or a female warder. (See also Rules 13 and 31.)
59. Female prisoners shall be classified as far as possible, and known prosti- tutes shall be kept in a ward by themselves.
HEALTH AND SANITATION.
(See Rules 10, 34-39, 48, 49.)
60. All prisoners not employed in the open air shall be given, under due supervision, such exercise in the open air as the medical officer shall direct. (See Rule 109.)
61. The clothes of the prisoners, and their bedclothes, shall be washed, changed, and aired, as often as the medical officer shall direct.
82. Proper rooms or buildings shall be set aside for hospital purposes, admitting of classification of the patients. (See Rule 55.)
63. All prisoners may be vaccinated or re-vaccinated at the discretion of the medical officer.
FOOD.
(See Rules 16, 17, 35, 101.)
64. The food of the prisoners shall be in accordance with diet scales which have been approved by the Governor on the recommendation of the medical officer and which shall be exhibited in some conspicuous part of the prison. (For the diet scales see Appendix III.)
65. The prisoners' food must be sufficient in quantity and wholesome in In no case must hard quality, suitable for men living and working in confinement. work and low diet be combined; and in all cases food should be given before the day's work begins.
66. Except on a written order from the medical officer, or as is hereinafter provided (see Rule 111), the prescribed rations shall not be varied in any case; and, except on a written order from the medical officer, specifying the quantity, and the name of the prisoner for whom it is intended, no convicted prisoner shall, under any pretence whatever, be allowed any alcoholic liquor or tobacco.
87. Prisoners in hospital shall receive such food as may be ordered by the medical officer.
INSTRUCTION.
(See Rules 15 and 40.)
68. Provision shall be made for religious services and, when possible, for the instruction of the prisoners in reading, writing, and arithmetic at such times as the Governor shall approve. The religious and secular training of the prisoners should be deemed of the highest importance.
69. No books shall be brought into the prison except such as have been approved by the keeper of the prison.
LABOUR.
70. Hard labour shall be of two classes; work on the treadwheel, or with the crank, or such similar work as the Governor may direct, being the first class of hard labour; and hard industrial labour, such as the Governor may direct, being the second class.
71. Prisoners shall not, except in case of misconduct, be kept at hard labour of the first class for a longer period than one month; but during the first six months of their sentence they shall, if the prison accommodation permits, be kept in separa- tion-by-day as well as by night, being set to work in their cells, if the cubic space is sufficient, except during such time as may be set apart each day for exercise and during the first month for labour on the treadwheel, &c. (See Rule 60.)
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72. Prisoners shall not be set to hard labour until the medical officer has certified that they are fit to undergo it.
73. Prisoners sentenced to imprisonment without hard labour may, at their own wish, be set to hard industrial labour and earn remission under the marks regulations. (See Rules 82-96.)
74. The hours of labour, together with the times for getting up, going to bed, and taking meals and exercise are given in Appendix II., and shall be posted up in some conspicuous part of the prison.
75. The rules as to work on the treadwheel and with the crank, &c., shall be
such as are or have been in force in the English prisons.
76. Female prisoners shall be employed only within the walls of the prison unless it be otherwise ordered by the medical officer, and shall be employed on such hard labour as is suitable for women. (See also Rules 13 and 36.)
77.
Juvenile male prisoners who are sentenced to hard labour shall be employed at hard labour of the second class.
78. No prisoner shall be employed at hard labour on Sundays, Christmas Day, or Good Friday; and no prisoner who professes the Jewish religion shall be com- pelled to labour on his Sabbath.
CLASSIFICATION OF CONVICTED PRISONERS.
79. Prisoners convicted for criminal offences shall be divided into-
(a.) Short-sentenced prisoners, whose sentences do not exceed six months.
80.
(b.) Long-sentenced prisoners whose sentences exceed six months and who
come under the provisions of the mark system.
Long-sentenced prisoners, as above, shall be subdivided into the following classes, which shall be distinguished by some badge or difference in dress—
1. The probation class.
2. The third class.
3. The second class.
4. The first class.
5. The special class.
81. The minimum time to be spent in each of the first three classes, if the
sentence does not expire earlier, is—
In the probation class, six months.
In the third class, one year.
In the second class, one year.
For the special class, see below, Rule 100.
For prisoners under life sentences, see Rule 19
THE MARK SYSTEM.
82. Every prisoner under a first sentence of imprisonment with hard labour for more than six months may earn remission of sentence by industry accompanied by good conduct.
83. The maximum remission obtainable shall be one-fourth of the sentence
in the case of males and one-third in the case of females.
84. The amount of remission shall be determined by marks as follows* :—
(a.) Every day of imprisonment shall be represented by six marks, irrespec-
tive of conduct or industry;
(b.) One additional mark shall be given for a fair day's labour; two additional marks for steady hard work and full performance of the task allotted for the day;
(c.) A prisoner must obtain a number of marks equal to six times the number of days of the term of imprisonment to which he has been sentenced; thus, if he obtains only six marks per diem he earns no remission; whereas, if he obtains eight marks per diem, and none are forfeited for misconduct, he earns the full remission of one-fourth of the
sentence.
• The details given apply to male prisoners only. In the case of female prisoners every day of imprisonment shall be represented by four instead of six marks. Full daily marks will be six instead of eight, and the maximum remission will be one-third instead of one-fourth of the sentence.
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