Colony of North Borneo annual report.

  • British North Borneo
Date:
[1959]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Colony of North Borneo annual report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PRISONS Organisation The Prisons Department is administered by the Commissioner of Police as Commissioner of Prisons. There is a Central Prison at Jesselton which can accommodate 188 men and ten women prisoners and which is under the charge of a Superintendent of Prisons. There is a prison at Sandakan and in addition there are seventeen prisons in other stations in charge of Police or Administrative Officers. Persons sentenced to. six months imprisonment or more are transferred to the Central Prison at Jesselton or to the prison at Sandakan, except those who are sentenced to twelve months or more who are all transferred to the Central Prison at Jesselton. Staff There were no alterations in the staff establishment during the year, but efficiency, good conduct, and long service allowances were introduced. It has still not proved possible to recruit a suit¬ able candidate for the post of Principal Officer. The staff work a 48-hour week with one day off each week and time off in lieu for all work performed on Public Holidays. The establishment and strength of the Prisons Department at the beginning and end of the year were as follows: Gazetted Officers . . Principal Officer Chief Warders Assistant Chief Warders Senior Warders Wanders Wardresses Trade Instructors Clerks Establishment Strength 31.12-58 1.1.59 31.12.59 1 1 1 .212 2 2 2 7 7 5 50 50 51 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 68 67 67 Discipline and Health Prison Offences showed an increase during the year. Twenty- two disciplinary offences were committed by the prison staff as compared with twenty-four in 1958, whilst there were seventy-one offences committed by prisoners against regulations as compared with thirty-nine in 1958. There were three escapes during the year and all were recap¬ tured. The standard of health and cleanliness in the prisons was very good throughout the year. There was only one death during the year and that was a suicide which occurred at the Central Prison. Trained hospital dressers are stationed at Jesselton and Sanda¬ kan prisons and Medical Officers visit all prisons regularly.
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