1914
ORDINANCE No. 18 OF 1885.
Prison.
91. It shall be the duty of every officer to direct the attention of the Superintendent to any prisoner who may appear to him not in health, although he may not complain, or whose state of mind may appear to him deserving of special notice and care, in order that the opinion and instructions of the Surgeon may be taken on the case.
92. Any officer who shall be guilty of assaulting or otherwise molesting any prisoner, either within or without the gaol walls, unless compelled to do so in self-defence or for some other lawful purpose, shall be at once suspended with a view to his dismissal, and even if compelled to strike in self-defence, no unnecessary violence should be used.
93. No subordinate officer, on any pretence whatever, through favour or mistaken notions of kindness, shall fail to make an immediate report to the Superintendent, or other his superior officer, of any misconduct or wilful disobedience of the prison regulations.
94. No subordinate officer shall unnecessarily converse with a prisoner, nor allow any familiarity on the part of prisoners towards himself, or any other officer of the prison; nor shall he on any account speak of his duties, or of any matters of discipline or prison arrangement, within hearing of the prisoners.
95. Every officer who shall, contrary to orders, bring in or carry out, or knowingly allow to be brought in or carried out, to or for any prisoner, any money, clothing, provisions, tobacco, letters, papers, or other articles whatsoever; or shall give, or cause to be given to any prisoner such articles; shall be forthwith suspended 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 Prisons Ordinance.
96. So far as the exigencies of the service will permit, subordinate officers shall 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.
97. Any officer, on entering the gaol service, must understand that he may be employed in any part of the Island, wheresoever it may seem fit to the Governor to employ him.
98. No subordinate officer is to punish a prisoner, except when ordered to do so by the Superintendent.
99. Each subordinate officer will be considered on probation for the first three months of his service; his appointment will not be confirmed at the expiration of three months unless the officer has proved himself in all respects fitted for the post.
100. Officers are forbidden to smoke or chew tobacco while on duty, and they must be careful to leave no tobacco or money lying about within reach of prisoners, or in their clothes when being sent to be washed.
101. Every subordinate officer of the gaol 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 regulations of the prison, or shall wilfully or carelessly disobey,
1914
ORDINANCE No. 18 OF 1885.
Prison.
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91. It shall be the duty of every officer to direct the attention of the Superintend- ent to any prisoner who may appear to him not in health, although he may not com- plain, or whose state of mind may appear to him deserving of special notice and care, in order that the opinion and instructions of the Surgeon may be taken on the case.
92. Any officer who shall be guilty of assaulting or otherwise molesting any pri- soner, either within or without the gaol walls, unless compelled to do so in self-defence or for some other lawful purpose, shall be at once suspended with a view to his dismissal,. and even if compelled to strike in self-defence, no unnecessary violence should be used. 93. No subordinate officer, on any pretence whatever, through favour or mistaken notions of kindness, shall fail to make an immediate report to the Superintendent, or other his superior officer, of any misconduct or wilful disobedience of the prison regu- lations.
94. No subordinate officer shall unnecessarily converse with a prisoner, nor allow any familiarity on the part of prisoners towards himself, or any other officer of the prison; nor shall he on any account speak of his duties, or of any matters of discipline or prison arrangement, within hearing of the prisoners.
95. Every officer who shall, contrary to orders, bring in or carry out, or know. ingly allow to be brought in or carried out, to or for any prisoner, any money, clothing, provisions, tobacco, letters, papers, or other articles whatsoever; or shall give, or cause to be given to any prisoner such articles; shall be forthwith suspended 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 Prisons Ordinance.
96. So far as the exigencies of the service will permit, subordinate officers shall 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.
97. Any officer, ou entering the gaol service, must understand that he may be employed in any part of the Island, wheresoever it may seem fit to the Governor to employ him.
98. No subordinate officer is to punish a prisoner, except when ordered to do so by the Superintendent.
99. Each subordinate officer will be considered on probation for the first three months of his service; his appointment will not be confirmed at the expiration of three months unless the officer has proved himself in all respects fitted for the post.
100. Officers are forbidden to smoke or chew tobacco while on duty, and they must be careful to leave no tobacco or money lying about within reach of prisoners, or in their clothes when being sent to be washed.
101. Every subordinate officer of the gaol 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 regulations of the prison, or shall wilfully or carelessly disobey,
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