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ORDINANCE No. 18 of 1885 . 1927


Prison


220. The hair of European prisoners shall be cut to such moderate length as health
or cleanliness may require.

221. Every prisoner shall wash his face and hands daily, and shall take a bath
once a week.

222. Prisoners shall keep their cells, utensils, clothing, and bedding clean and
neatly arranged ; and shall clean and sweep the yards, passages, and all other parts of
the prison as may be directed.

CLOTHING, BEDDING , FOOD.


223. The whole of the Chinese prisoners' clothing, and the under-clothing of the
European prisoners shall be changed weekly.

224. Every prisoner shall sleep in a cell by himself, if the accommodation of the
gaol will permit it, or, under special circumstances, in a cell with not fewer than two
other prisoners .

225. The clothing of prisoners sentenced to penal servitude may be given to their
friends, with the exception of one suit, which will be sold or otherwise disposed of by
the Superintendent, in order to recoup the Government for the expense of providing a
suitable suit of clothes for the prisoner on his discharge.

226. Such additional clothing and bedding may be issued, during severe weather,
or in special cases, as the Surgeon may deem requisite.

227. A prisoner who has any complaint to make regarding the diet furnished to
him , or who wishes his diet to be weighed to ascertain whether he is supplied with the
authorised quantity, must make his request immediately it is handed to him, and it
will be weighed in his presence, and in that of the officer deputed for that purpose ;
but frequent and groundless complaints will be treated as breaches of gaol discipline
and punished accordingly.

228. For not more than ten days in each month , for the first six months of his
imprisonment, each European and American prisoner shall be fed on penal diet, viz . ,
bread and water, with half a pound of rice at midday, and for Chinese and Indians
rice and water only.

229. The days on which a prisoner will be on penal diet will not be continuous ,
but divided into periods of not more than five days at a time, and no prisoner on penal
diet will be put to hard labour.

230. As regards the food of Indian prisoners, 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.

231. European and American prisoners whose sentences do not exceed five days
will be put on penal diet, those with sentences of six to fourteen days will receive two
pints of gruel daily in addition.