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Prisoners in the probation class will be required to earn 1,440 marks, and prisoners in the third and second classes respectively 2,880 marks before they can be promoted to the next class.
86. No marks shall be allowed for mere good conduct except on Sunday, Christmas Day, and Good Friday. Every prisoner entitled to marks who conducts himself well on these days shall receive eight marks.
87. Prisoners in hospital, if injured on the public works, or in the perform- ance of their duty (without any fault of their own), shall be allowed eight marks per diem. If in hospital for any other cause, they shall be allowed the average number of marks which they have earned in the past week.
88. Prisoners who have been certified by the medical officer to be only capable of light labour shall be allowed marks in proportion to their industry on the same scale as other prisoners.
89. Prisoners in solitary confinement for breaches of prison discipline shall be allowed only six marks a day during the time of such confinement.
90. Prisoners who have been sentenced a second time to imprisonment, with hard labour, for two years or upwards, shall not be allowed the privilege of earning any remission of their sentence during the first year of such second sentence; but, if their conduct and industry during the first year be reported upon favourably by the keeper of the prison, they shall be allowed the privilege of earning a remission of the fourth part of the remainder of their sentence on the same terms as prisoners under a first sentence.
91. Prisoners sentenced a third time or oftener to imprisonment, with hard labour, for two years and upwards, shall not be allowed to earn any remission of
sentence.
92. Prisoners who have earned a remission of a part of their sentence shall receive a ticket of leave, which shall be subject to all the conditions endorsed thereon, and to the provisions of any law in force relating to tickets of leave.
93. The earning of marks and grant of remission shall extend to re-convicted holders of a ticket-of-leave serving the remanents of former sentences.
94. Every prison officer in charge of a working party shall be provided with a mark book, in which he shall record daily the number of marks earned by each prisoner. (See also Rule 7.)
95. The chief warder shall frequently, and never less than twice a week, inspect and initial the mark books, and see that the marks are allotted equitably, and in accordance with the rules. If a prisoner is credited with less than 49 marks per week, the matter shall be brought to the notice of the keeper of the prison. (See also Rule 18.)
96. Every prisoner shall, in the evening of each day, be informed of the number of marks which he has earned during the day.
PRIVILEGES AND REWARDS.
97. Additional marks may be given by the Governor for very special services, on the recommendation of the visiting justices or the keeper of the prison.
98.
Prisoners sentenced to not more than six months may, if their conduct and industry has been satisfactory, be given, with the sanction of the Governor, on the recommendation of the keeper of the prison, a gratuity of 5s. on their release.
99. Prisoners sentenced to more than six months may be allowed to earn, by industry and good conduct combined, the following gratuities, which with the sanction of the Governor, on the recommendation of the keeper of the prison, shall be paid to them on their release→→
In respect of time spent in the third class
In respect of time spent in the second class In respect of time spent in the third class ... provided that the total amount earned does not exceed £3. probation class earn no gratuity.
59. 10s.
2s. per calendar month. Prisoners while in the
100. Prisoners sentenced for not less than five years may, within one year of the term when the sentence is likely to expire, he placed in a special class, as a reward of meritorious conduct and industry; and in that class they will be eligible for an additional remission not exceeding one week and for an additional gratuity on discharge of £3 over and above the earning provided for in the preceding regula- tion. When a Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society has been formed in a Colony, and
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is being effectively worked, may be made a condition of receiving this additional gratuity that the prisoner who is otherwise eligible for it goes to the Society on release.
101. Prisoners in the higher classes may be given a more varied diet than those in the lower; but, as a rule, additional food should not be included among the rewards for meritorious conduct, as all prisoners should be given so much food as will keep them in full health and strength.
102. Prisoners in the probation class shall not be allowed to communicate with their friends either in person or by writing except within one week of their con- viction, or subsequently by the special permission of the Governor. Prisoners in the higher classes shall be allowed, once in every three months, to receive a visit from friends, and to write and receive a letter.
103. The interviews shall be in the presence of a warder, and the letters written or received shall be read either by the keeper of the prison or by the chief warder.
PUNISHMENTS.
104. The punishments for misconduct shall be loss of marks, reduction in class, solitary confinement, low diet, and, in very serious cases, corporal punishment; such punishments may be either in lieu of, or in addition to, each other. All punish- ments shall be entered in the punishment book by the keeper of the prison.
105. Irons shall not be employed as a punishment but only as a means of restraint or a preventive to escape; and those irons only shall be used of which the pattern has been approved by the Governor. No prisoner shall be kept in irons without having been examined by the medical officer, and the keeper of the prison shall not on his own responsibility, without the concurrence of one or more of the Under no cir- visiting justices, keep a prisoner in irons for more than 24 hours. cumstances shall a prisoner be kept in irons for more than a month without the special sanction of the Governor.
106. No prisoner shall be punished until he has had an opportunity of hearing the charges and evidence against him and of making his defence.
107. The maximum number of marks of which a prisoner may be deprived for any one offence is:-By the keeper of the prison, 84; by the visiting justices, 180; by the Governor, unlimited. But in no case shall the number of marks forfeited exceed the number previously earned in excess of six per day.
108. The keeper of the prison may, on grounds of misconduct, detain a prisoner in a lower class for an additional period not exceeding three months, even though the number of marks required for promotion may have been earned. The power of reducing to a lower class is reserved to the visiting justices, and such reduction shall not be for a longer period than three months for any one offence.
109. Prisoners sentenced to solitary confinement in punishment cells, shall see no one except the prison officers, the visiting justices, the chaplain, and the medical officer, and they shall have only such out-door exercise as is certified to be absolutely necessary for their health.
110. The keeper of the prison may not order a prisoner to be confined in a punishment cell for a longer term than 24 hours continuously. On order of the visiting justices, such imprisonment may extend to 14 days.
111. Solitary confinement may or may not be combined with bread and water diet, but such diet shall not in any case be given for more than three days continu- ously.* (See also Rule 65.)
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On order of one or more visiting justices, after inquiry on oath, and subject in each case to the approval of the Governor, corporal punishment may be inflicted upon male prisoners for the following offences:-
(a.) Mutiny, or acts of gross violence or repeated insult to officers or fellow
prisoners.
(b.) Wilful destruction of prison property.
(c.) Other extraordinary acts of insubordination.
113. Corporal punishment shall be resorted to only on very rare occasions, and
the number of strokes shall not exceed 24 in the case of adults, and 12 (with a birch rod) in the case of juveniles.
Dietary punishments should be sparingly resorted to, when other modes of punishment are
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114. No prisoner shall be flogged until the medical officer has certified that he is fit to undergo the punishment. (See also Rule 37.)
PRISONERS UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH.
115. Prisoners under sentence of death shall be searched, and all articles likely to be dangerous shall be taken from them. They shall be confined apart from other prisoners in a special cell and shall be under constant supervision by day and night. 116. Except on the written order of the Colonial Secretary no one shall have access to them except the prison officers, and the ministers of the religious denomi- nations to which they belong.
117. Executions shall be attended by the Provost Marshal," the keeper of the prison, the medical officer, and the minister of religion.