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768 ( 18 OF 1885. ] PRISON .


32. A deputy warden shall be appointed by the Superintendent to act
during the absence of the warden, such deputy to have all the powers,
authorities, and responsibilities of the warden, who shall, before leaving the
prison, personally give over charge to the deputy, with all necessary in
structions.
33. The warden shall take care that every prisoner on admission is put
into a reception cell and strictly searched, and that all knives, weapons,
instruments, money, opium , tobacco, or anything forbidden by the rules or in
the opinion of the Superintendent objectionable, or anything likely to facili
tate escape, be taken from such prisoner. As far as practicable no such
search shall take place in the presence of any other prisoner,.
34. On the admission of each prisoner, it shall be the duty of the warden
or clerk to record in the prison register or nominal record of prisoners, the
name, age, height, weight, features, particular marks and general appearance
of such prisoner, with anything else worthy of notice.
35. The warden shall take care that all articles taken from prisoners,
with their clothes and other effects, and all such things as may from time to
time be sent in on the prisoner's account shall be entered in the prisoners'
property book, with the date of their receipt and restoration ; and that all
such property shall be kept in a suitable place to be provided for the pur
pose, and shall be restored to the prisoner on his discharge; except such
clothes as it may be considered necessary to destroy , or such money or pro
perty as the Governor may think fit to confiscate, or to allow the prisoner to
have to assist him in his defence on his trial.
36. On being brought into the prison , prisoners shall 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 shall, 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 shall then be handed over
to the warden to be locked up. The head turnkey shall initial the “ Property
Book " as to the correctness of the entries, & c.
38. The warden shall attend every corporal punishment inflicted within
the prison, 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, 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 bealth 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 frequently visit the workshops, yarıls, and corridors,
and see that the prisoners are kept at their work . He shall also occasionally
visit the wards without previous notice 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 knowlelge.