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1900 ORDINANCE No. 18 OF 1885 .


Prison.


constable or other officer acting under the order of any Judge or Justice
of the Peace, or officer having power to commit a prisoner to prison, may
convey a prisoner to or from any prison to or from which he may be
legally committed or removed.

Separation 6. The requisitions of this Ordinance with respect to the separation
of prisoners .
of prisoners are as follows :

( 1. ) In every prison separate cells shall as far as possible be
provided equal in number to the average of the greatest
number of prisoners who have been confined in such
prison at any time during each of the preceding five
years.

( 2. ) In every prison punishment cells shall be provided or
appropriated for the confinement of prisoners for prison
offences.


(3. ) In a prison containing female prisoners as well as males,
the women shall be imprisoned in separate buildings or
separate parts of the same buildings, in such manner as

to prevent their seeing, conversing, or holding any
intercourse with the men.


( 4. ) In a prison where debtors are confined , means shall be
provided for separating them altogether from the criminal

prisoners.

(5. ) In a prison where criminal prisoners are confined , such
prisoners shall , as far as possible, be prevented from
holding any communication with each other, either by
every prisoner being kept in a separate cell by day and
by night , except when he is at chapel or taking exercise,
or by every prisoner being confined by night to his cell,
and being subjected to such superintendence during the
day as will , consistently with the provisions of this
Ordinance, prevent his communicating with any other
prisoner.

(6. ) In a prison where prisoners under the age of 16 years are
confined, they shall be kept separate from prisoners of
or above that age.