THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH MARCH, 1897.
287. Every male prisoner of sixteen years of age and upwards sentenced to twelve months' hard labour and under, but more than fourteen days, shall pass the first three months of his im- prisonment at No. 1 Hard Labour, and the remainder at No. 2 Hard Labour or if his con- duct has been good at No. 3 Industrial Light Labour.
288. Every male prisoner of sixteen years of age and upwards sentenced to hard labour for more than twelve months shall, unless otherwise provided for by these regulations, be kept at No. 1 Hard Labour for the first three months of his sentence. At the expiration of that term he shall, if he has conducted himself fairly well, be placed at No. 2 Hard Labour until he has com- pleted one half of his sentence when, if his con- conduct has been good, he shall be placed at No. 3 Industrial Light Labour.
289. Every male prisoner under the age of sixteen years sentenced to hard labour shall be kept for the first three months of his sentence at No. 2 Hard Labour, after which, if his conduct has been good, he shall be placed at No. 3 Indus- trial Light Labour.
290. All hard labour prisoners who shall be excused by the Surgeon will be employed at either No. 2 Hard or No. 3 Industrial Light La- bour as he may direct.
291. European prisoners will not be employed at stone carrying, but will perform the combi- nation of shot drill and oakum picking instead.
292. If a male prisoner shall misconduct himself, the Superintendent may either keep him at No. 1 Hard Labour for any extra term not exceeding three months at any one time, or he may send him back from the second class or third class for the same term.
293. The hours of labour will not be less than six or more than ten daily, exclusive of meals.
294. No work shall be done beyond what is necessary on Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day, or Chinese New Year's Day.
295. Jewish prisoners shall not be compelled to work on Saturdays if they claim exemption, but shall be kept in separate confinement on that day and Sunday. They may keep such festival days as may be from time to time allowed by the Governor.
296. Indian prisoners are not to be put to any labour which may really cause them loss of caste.
297. Criminal prisoners not sentenced to hard labour will be employed at No. 3 Industrial Light Labour.
298. When the prison accommodation permits of it, prisoners committed to prison for breaches of naval and military discipline shall be kept separate from civil prisoners.
RULES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF
PRISONERS ON PUBLIC WORKS.
PRISONERS.
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299. Prisoners employed on public works shall be divided into gangs not exceeding sixteen men,
and each gang shall be known by a number.
300. Each gang shall be under the charge of a Warder armed with a short sword for his defence, and the gangs shall be under the charge of a Principal Warder armed with sword and revolver.
301. The prisoners in such gangs shall work in coupling chains of about twelve feet long fastened by means of anklets and padlocks.
302. If the work is near the prison, the pri- soners shall be marched in to their mid-day meal, but if at too great a distance from the prison the meal shall be sent to them.
303. The gang prisoners will rest one hour for their mid-day meal, and knock off work in the afternoon so as to reach the prison in time for the evening meal, (nine hours daily, including marching in and out).
304. On Saturdays the gang prisoners will work until 11 A.M.
305. Their mid-day meal will consist of 1 pints of rice congee thickened with cheap meat.
306. Any prisoner with a longer sentence than eight years may be kept at work within the prison until he has served one-third of such
sentence.
307. In addition to the Principal Warder in charge of gang prisoners, and the Warders in direct charge of the gangs, three or four Guards shall be posted in convenient positions round the works, armed with loaded rifles, to prevent escapes.
308. The Senior Officer in charge shall be continually on the alert during the day, shall repeatedly visit the gangs in his charge, and ascertain that all is correct or otherwise. He shall take discreet measures to prevent the escape of prisoners, and to effect their recapture if they are successful in escaping. He shall carefully observe the officers under his charge, and report weekly to the Superintendent of the prison on their efficiency in the management of their parties. He shall enter in a book to be kept for the purpose the number of gangs, number of prisoners, and the names of the officers under his charge, with the name of the district where the work is carried on and the description thereof. He shall be responsible to the Director of Public Works for all the tools used by the prisoners. He shall on no account allow people to loiter near the prisoners while at work or to converse with the officers.
309. The Warders in charge of gangs shall at all times see to the safe custody of the prisoners
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