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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH MARCH, 1877.
(3.) Persons committed to take their trial for felony or misdemeanour.
(4.) 1st class misdemeanants and persons committed on civil process. Persons committed for want of
sureties, who have not been before confined in Gaol.
(5.) Prisoners on remand.
(6.) Prisoners convicted a second or third time.
(7.) Debtors.
(8.) Approvers, or prisoners thought likely to turn Queen's evidence.
98. No work shall be done in the Gaol beyond what is necessary on Sundays, Good Friday, and Christmas Day. 99. Prisoners of the Jewish persuasion, shall not be compelled to work on Saturdays, if they claim exemption, but shall be kept in separate confinement on that day and on Sunday. They may also keep such other Festival days as may be directed from time to time by His Excellency the Governor.
100. Prisoners committed for trial, or on remand, 1st class misdemeanants, or debtors may send or receive letters at all reasonable times, unless the Committing Magistrate, or a Visiting Justice, order to the contrary, but the Superintendent may withhold such privilege, if he see sufficient cause, recording the reasons and particulars in the Daily Occurrence Book.
101. Every convicted prisoner may, subject to the same restrictions, be allowed to send and receive one letter in the course of every 6 weeks, or 3 months, but the Superintendent shall read any letter or paper so sent, keeping the contents of the same strictly private, unless he thinks it necessary to report the same to His Excellency the Governor. 102. Letters addressed to or written by prisoners confined for debt, or on civil process, or for want of sureties, may be inspected by the Superintendent for good reasons, which shall be recorded in the Daily Occurrence Book.
103. Letters may be withheld by the Superintendent from or to any prisoner for good reasons, to be reported forthwith to His Excellency the Governor, and to be entered in the Daily Occurrence Book.
104. Indian prisoners are not to be put to any labour which may really cause them the loss of caste, and, as regards their food, the best possible arrangement is to be made, so that they may not be forced to choose between loss of food and loss of caste.
PRISONERS.
105. Prisoners shall be cleanly in their persons and habits. It is forbidden to prisoners:—
To disobey the rules of the Gaol.
To spit except in receptacles provided for the purpose.
To dirty in any way the cells, rooms, or passages.
To do any damage wilfully to anything belonging to the Gaol.
To speak, or make signs, or hold any communication with any other prisoners, except by permission. To use indecent language or gestures.
To be idle, or neglect work.
To insult, or threaten, or assault any other prisoner, or any Officer.
To have in his or her possession any tobacco, opium, stimulant, book, paper, or luxury unless expressly
allowed by the rules of the Gaol, and received from or through the Superintendent.
106. No gaming shall be permitted in the Gaol, and the Superintendent may seize and destroy every instrument thereof.
107. Prisoners must obey the orders of the Officers of the Gaol in every respect.
108. Should any prisoner think himself aggrieved by the demeanour or conduct of any other prisoner, or of any of the Warders or Officers of the Gaol, he shall complain to the Superintendent, or the Visiting Justices.
109. All persons confined in the Gaol shall wash their persons and clothes as often as may be required by the Superintendent.
110. Prisoners of the 2nd, 4th, and 6th classes shall sweep, wash and lime wash the rooms in which they shall be confined, as often as required to do so by the Superintendent.
Prisoners of the 3rd, 5th, and 8th class (debtors) shall keep the cells and rooms in which they are confined clean. 111. Two male prisoners only shall never be lodged together.
112. If there be only one prisoner of a particular class confined in the Gaol, the Superintendent may, with the consent of such prisoner, place him with some other class.
DIETARY.
113. Chinese and prisoners accustomed to a Chinese diet shall have two hot meals in the day, and such of them, as are not on Penal Diet, may have congee as at present provided.
114. All Europeans and prisoners accustomed to an European Diet, shall have three meals a day, two of them being hot meals.
115. Prisoners condemned to death shall be allowed such a Diet as the Superintendent, subject to the approval of the Medical Officer, may direct. The issue of spirits or fermented liquors is strictly forbidden, unless in extreme cases, which are at once to be reported to His Excellency the Governor.
116. Every prisoner shall be allowed half an hour for the consumption of each meal, and shall not be set to work until the expiration of a quarter of an hour immediately succeeding such half hour.
117. The distribution of rations shall be personally superintended by an Officer of the Gaol. Any prisoner may request such Officer to weigh or measure any ration supplied to him or her.
118. Any prisoner untried, or confined for debt on civil process, and 1st class misdemeanants may, in any one day of 24 hours, receive from outside the Gaol at proper hours, a reasonable quantity of cooked provisions and malt liquors not exceeding 1 quart, or wine not exceeding 1 pint, and any linen, bedding, clothing, or other necessarics under such regulations as the Superintendent may lay down, who, on any infraction of such regulations, may suspend or withhold the privileges hereby granted altogether.
The following shall be the prescribed allowance of food and necessaries for prisoners (except prisoners condemned to death) subject to such alterations as His Excellency the Governor may think fit to order. (See Appendix).
119. Prisoners confined for debt may be allowed to smoke at such times and under such restrictions as the Superintendent may direct.
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