52. No prisoner shall be employed as turnkey, or assistant turnkey, wardsman, yardsman or overseor, or in the discipline of the prison, or in the service of any officer thereof, or in the service or instruction of any other prisoner. But this regulation shall not be taken to prevent the employment of any debtor in that part of the prison in which he may be lawfully confined in any manner in which he may be willing to be employed, and which is consistent with his safe
custody.
53. Every prison officer, while acting as such, shall, by virtue of his appointment, and without being sworn in, be deemed to be a Constable, and to have all such powers, authorities, protection, and privileges for the purpose of the execution of his duty as a prison officer as any Constable duly appointed bas Constablewick by Common Law, Statute, or Ordinance.
64. No officer of a prison shall sell or let to, nor shall any person in trust for or employed by him sell or let to, or derive any benefit from the selling or letting of any article to any prisoner.
55. No officer of a prison shall, nor shall any person in trust for or employed by him, have any interest, direct or indirect, in any con- tract for the supply of the prison.
58. No officer of a prison shall at any time receive money, feo, or gratuity of any kind for the admission of any visitors to the prison or to prisoners, or from or on behalf of any prisoner, on any pretext whatever.
57. Female prisoners shall in all cases be attended by female officers.
Superintendent,
58. The Superintendent shall reside in the prison and shall not be concerned in any other employment.
59. The Superintendent shall strictly conform to the law relating to prisons and to the prison regulations, and shall be responsible for the dae observance of them by others. He shall observe the conduct of the prison officers, and enforce on each of them the due execution of his duties, and shall not permit any subordinate oficer to be em- ployed in any private capacity, either for any other officer of the prison, or for any prisoner,
00. The Superintendent shall, in case of misconduct, have power to suspend any subordinate officer, and shall report the particulars without delay to the Governor.
61. The Superintendent shall, as far as practicable, visit the whole of the prison, and see every male prisoner once at least in every twenty-four hours, and in default of such daily visits and inspections he shall state in his journal how far he has omitted them, and the cause thereof. He shall at least once during the week, go through the prison at an uncertain hour of the night, which visit, with the hour and state of the prison at the time, he shall record in his journal. When visiting the females' prison, he shall be attended by the Matron or some other female officer.
62. The Superintendent shall cause an abstract, to be approved by the Governor, of the regulations relating to the treatment and conduct of prisoners, with a copy of the prison dictaries (printed in legible characters), to be posted in each cell, and shall read or cause the same to be read to every prisoner who cannot read, within twenty-four hours after his admission,
63. The Superintendent shall without delay call the attention of the Surgeon to any prisoner whose state of mind or body appears to require attention, and shall carry into effect the written directions of the Surgeon respecting alterations of the discipline or treatment of any such prisoner.
61. The Superintendent shall notify to the Surgeon without delay the illness of any prisoner, and shall deliver to him daily a list of such priscuers as complain of illness, or are removed to the infirmary, or confined to their cells by illness, and he shall daily deliver to the Chaplain and Surgeon lists of such prisoners as are confined in punish-
ment cells,
65. Upon the death of a prisoner, the Superintendent shall give immediate notice thereof to the Coroner and tone of the Visiting Justices as well as to the nearest relative of the deceased, when practicable.
68. The Superintendent shall without delay report to the Visiting Jostices any case of insanity or apparent insanity occurring among The prisoners.
67. The Superintendent shall keep the following records and
accounts
First. The register required by the Ordinauce, to be kept of the Church or religious persuasion to which each prisoner belongs.
Second-A Journal in which he shall record all such matters aa he is directed to record therein by this Ordinance, and all other occur- rences of importance within the prison.
Third. A nominal record of all prisoners committed to his charge, in such form as may be directed by the Visiting Justices,
Finerth. A panishment book for the entry of the punishments inflicted for prison offences.
Fifth.A visitors book for the entry of any observations made by visitors to the prison.
Sixth.A record of articles taken from prisoners.
Seventh.A record of the employment of prisonera sentenced to hard labour, and the manner in which they have been so employed. Eighth.-A list of books and documents committed to his care, Ninth-An inventory of all the furniture and moveable property belonging to the prison.
Tenth An account of all prison receipts and disbursements. 68. The Superintendent shall be responsible for the safe custody of the journals, registers, books, commitments, and all other docu- ments confided to his care.
They mus
69. The Superintendent shall not be absent from the prison for a night without permission in writing from the Governor, and bis leave of absence shall be entered in his journal; but if absent without leave for a night from unavoidable necessity, he shall state the fact and the cause of it in his journal.
70. The Matron shall reside in the prison, she shall have the care and superintendence of the whole feunale department. The wards, cells, and yards where females are confined, shall be secured by locks different from those securing the wards, cells, and yards allotted to mala prisoners, and the keys of those locks shall be kept in the cus- tody of the Matron.
71. The Matron shall, so far as practicable, visit and inspect every part of the prison occupied by females, and see every female prisoner once at least in every twenty-four hours, and in default of such daily visits and inspections she shall state in her journal how far she has omitted them, and the cause thereof. She shall, at least once during the week, go through such part of the prison at an uncertain hour of the night, which visit, with the hour and state of such part of the prison at the time, shall be recorded in her journal.
24
K
35
27/ Govern
Governor
27.
7
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.