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93. 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, pro- visions, 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 sus- pended 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.
94. 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.
95. 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.
96. No subordinate officer shall punish a prisoner, except when ordered to do so by the Superintendent.
97. Each subordinate officer will be taken on probation for the first three months of his ser- vice; his appointment will not be confirmed at the expiration of three months unless the officer bas proved himself in all respects fitted for the post.
98. No officer of the Prison shall sinoke or chew tobacco while on duty, or take tobacco inside the inner gate of the Prison.
99. Every subordinate officer of the Prison who shall fail to exercise a proper vigilance over the prisoners committed to his charge, or to perform any duty enforced upon him by the re- gulations of the Prison, or shall wilfully or carelessly disobey, neglect or evade, or permit to be disobeyed, neglected, or evaded, any rule, regulation, or order, lawfully made and provided in respect of such Prison, shall be liable to be dealt with by the Superintendent under Rule No. 2.
100. The subordinate officers shall conduct themselves in an orderly and respectable manner at all times when off duty.
101. 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, helmet and puggarees in May; and one cloth suit, with boots and cap in November. They will be supplied with an overcoat every fourth year.
102. 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 special order of the Governor.
103. All subordinate officers, ou being relieved from any particular duty, or transferred to another
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104. Any subordinate officer disabled from the regular performance of his duties by illness shall report the same to the Colonial Surgeon, who 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 pay such charges as may be claimed for his maintenance and treatment.
105. No officer shall directly or indirely have interest in any contract or supply con- '
any nected with the Prison nor shall he receive, under any pretence whatever, any fee or gratuity froin any person connected with such contract or supply.
106. All officers of the Prison shall be liable to dismissal for improper conduct.
107. Officers confined to Hospital or other- wise 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.
SURGEON.
108. The Surgeon shall have the anedical 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. He shall report from time to time, us may be directed, upon the sanitary condition of the Prison, and health of the prisoners and the Prison officers, and in reference to any other point in connection with the maintenance of health in the Prison which he
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be directed to report. may 109. The Surgeon shall visit the Prison Hos- pital 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 punish-
ment cells, and see the prisoners confined therein, as also all prisoners before they are put on Penal Diet.
110. 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.
111. 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 pri- soners 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 pri- soner not in Hospital, and the medi- cal reasons for such orders. · Such orders shall be entered in the Super- intendent's Daily Return, and sub- mitied to the Governor.
112. The Surgeon shall visit prisoners in separate cells who have given notice to the Su- perintendent that they are unwell and wish to see a doctor.
113. No medicine shall be administered to any prisoner without the Surgeon's orders.
114. The Surgeon shall regulate the hours of exercise and of labour of prisoners out of health.
115. The Surgeon shall examine every pri- soner on whom corporal punishment is about to be inflicted, before it takes place, and give a certi- He shall ficate of his fitness to receive it or not. be in attendance when such punishment is in- flicted. After such punishment, he shall daily attend to and examine such prisoner, until his
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116. The Surgeon shall examine the food pro- vided for the prisoners, and inspect every prisoner weekly, and daily when epideinic disease exists in the neighbourhood.
117. The Surgeon shall give written directions for separating prisoners having infectious com- plaints, or suspected of having them; and for cleansing, disinfecting, or destroying any infected apparel or bedding.
118. The Surgeon shall report to the Superin- tendent the case of any prisoner about to be discharged who may be suffering from acute or dangerous disease; in which case the prisoner shall not be discharged, unless he demand it.
119. 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.
120. 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.
121. The Surgeon shall report to the Superin- tendent any irregularity in the Prison Hospital which may come to his knowledge, or any diffi- culty or obstruction which he may meet with in the performance of his duty.
122. The Surgeon shall examine all candi- dates for employment as subordinate officers or servants of the Prison, and report whether they possess the necessary qualifications as to health and strength.
123. The Surgeon shall take care that all medicines and stimulants are properly locked up, and are not accessible to any prisoner; and when
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there is no paid dispenser, he shall issue day by day to the Hospital Warder all medicines and stimulants to be administered in his absence.
124. The Surgeon's Journal shall be laid before the Governor at least once in each quarter of the year, and he shall report at the same time on the condition of the prison and the health of the prisoners and officers recording any want of cleanliness, proper drainage, warnith, ventilation, or any insufficiency or bad quality of bedding, clothing, provisions or water.
125. The Surgeon shall deliver to the Colonial Secretary, as soon as possible after the close of December in each year, a report in which shall be detailed the number of sick among the pri soners during the year just closed, the mortality, the sanitary condition of the Prison, and what diseases have been most prevalent therein. He shall point out any defects in the construction or management of the Prison to which such sickness may be attributed, and also what pre- cautions should be taken to prevent the same.
THE CHAPLAINS.
126. The Chaplains shall conduct Divine Service with the prisoners of their respective religions at least once on Sundays, and perform such other religious offices as they may think fit, and may visit each of such prisoners in his or her cell as often as they may think fit at reason- able times. To sick, dying, or condemned prison- ers they shall have access at any time.
127. The same privileges shall be allowed to every recognised ininister in respect of the pri soners of his own religion.
128. The Chaplains shall inform the Superin- tendeut whenever they may observe the mind of any prisoner to be liable to be injuriously affected by any punishment awarded.
129. No prisoner shall be obliged to attend any service to which he may object on religious grounds, unless in the opinion of the Superin- tendent such objection is frivolous and vexatious.
130. The Chaplains shall record their visits in the Visitor's Book, and shall notify the times of the celebration of the Holy Communion. Prisoners desiring to communicate must signify their wish to them before the time appointed.
181. The Chaplains shall, in carrying ont their duties, be careful not to interfere with the established rules and regulations of the Prison, or the routine of discipline aud labour,
132. The Chaplains shall confer with the Superintendent on all points connected with their duty, and they shall co-operate with him, and with the other officials of the Prison, in promot- ing the good order of the establishment, so far as concerns the duties of their office.
133. The Chaplains shall once a year present to the Governor a report of such points connected with their department as they may think it desirable to bring before him.
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