ORDINANCE. No. 18 of 1885.
Prison.
36. Prisoners on entering will be carefully searched, and all money, valuables, &c. found in their possession will be at once entered in the "Property Book."
37. The head turnkey on duty will, before prisoners are told off to cells, &c., check the "Property Book" and inform the prisoner of the description of property recorded. All money and valuables will then be handed over to the warden to be locked up.
The head turnkey will initial the "Property Book" as to the correctness of the entries, &c.
38. The warden shall attend every corporal punishment inflicted within the gaol, and enter in the Occurrence Book the day and hour of the infliction of the punishment, with the number of strokes, and the direction of the Surgeon thereon.
39. The warden shall in no case inflict any punishment without the orders of the Superintendent of the gaol, or in the case of corporal punishment, without a certificate personally given in writing by the Surgeon, that the person to be punished is in a fit state of health to receive the number of strokes awarded to him without injury.
40. The warden shall take care that prisoners have an opportunity of making complaints or requests to him, and he shall either take steps to redress any grievance, or shall report the same to the Superintendent.
41. The warden shall take care that any prisoner who wishes to see the Superintendent, or Visiting Justices shall have an opportunity of doing so.
42. The warden shall visit the workshops, yards, and corridors frequently, and see that the prisoners are kept at their work. He shall also occasionally visit the wards at an uncertain hour during the night, to ascertain that the officers on duty are on the alert. He shall diligently observe the behaviour of all subordinate prison officers and see that they strictly adhere to the rules, and shall report immediately to the Superintendent any neglect or misconduct that may come to his knowledge.
43. The warden shall be responsible to the Superintendent that the details of duties connected with order and discipline of the gaol are carried out with promptness and regularity, and in strict accordance with the regulations. He shall also enforce the greatest economy.
44. The warden shall daily inspect every part of the prison, see that everything is clean and in good order, and that the means of security in the different yards, &c., are effective. He shall pay special attention to prisoners in solitary confinement. He is to see that no ladders, planks, ropes, chains, or anything likely to facilitate escape are left exposed in the yards.
45. The warden shall superintend the parade of the working parties, and shall be careful that they are despatched to their labour with regularity and without loss of time. He will check their numbers on their departure from, and on their return to the prison, and will see that the good conduct marks earned by each prisoner have been communicated to him.
1909
ORDINANCE. No. 18 or 1885.
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Prison.
36. Prisoners on entering will be carefully searched, and all money, valuables, &c. found in their possession will be at once entered in the "Property Book."
37. The head turnkey on duty will, before prisoners are told off to cells, &c., check the "Property Book" and inform the prisoner of the description of property recorded. All money and valuables will then be handed over to the warden to be locked up.
The head turnkey will initial the "Property Book" as to the correctness of the entries, &c.
38. The warden shall attend every corporal punishment inflicted within the gaol, and enter in the Occurrence Book the day and hour of the infliction of the punishment, with the number of strokes, and the direction of the Surgeon thereon,
39. The warden shall in no case inflict any punishment without the orders of the Superintendent of the gaol, or in the case of corporal punishment, without a certi- ficate personally given in writing by the Surgeon, that the person to be punished is in a fit state of health to receive the number of strokes awarded to bim without injury.
40. The warden shall take care that prisoners have an opportunity of making complaints or requests to him, and he shall either take steps to redress any grievance, or shall report the same to the Superintendent.
41. The warden shall take care that any prisoner who wishes to see the Super- intendent, or Visiting Justices shall have an opportunity of doing so.
42. The warden shall visit the workshops, yards, and corridors frequently, and see that the prisoners are kept at their work. He shall also occasionally visit the wards at an uncertain bour during the night, to ascertain that the officers on duty are on the alert. He shall diligently observe the behaviour of all subordinate prison officers and see that they strictly adhere to the rules, and shall report immediately to the Superintendent any neglect or misconduct that may come to his knowledge.
43. The warden shall be responsible to the Superintendent that the details of duties connected with order and discipline of the gaol are carried out with promptness. and regularity, and in strict accordance with the regulations. He shall also enforce the greatest economy.
44. The warden shall daily inspect every part of the prison, see that every thing is clean and in good order, and that the means of security in the different yards, &c., are effective. He shall pay special attention to prisoners in solitary confinement. He is to see that no ladders, planks, ropes, chains, or anything likely to facilitate escape are left exposed in the yards.
45. The warden shall superintend the parade of the working parties, and shall be careful that they are despatched to their labour with regularity and without loss of time. He will check their numbers on their departure from, and on their return to the prison, and will see that the good conduct marks earned by each prisoner have been communicated to him.
1909
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