Prison rules (convict prisons) : draft of rules proposed to be made under the Prison Act, 1898.
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- Date:
- 1899
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Prison rules (convict prisons) : draft of rules proposed to be made under the Prison Act, 1898. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![Omission of anydul.v to be reoorded in journal. Duties as to making prisoners acijuainted with rules. Duty to call attention of medical officer to prisoners requiring his attention. Duty to pro- vide chaplain and medical officer with list of prisoners under punish- ment. Outy to visit infirmary daily. Duty as to notices of death of prisoner. Duties as to inquests. 122. lif the ^•ovonior omits to pei-fonn any dutv or routine Jiust ii HU u> sluvil record sucdi omission in liis journal with the cause tliereof. 123.—(1.) Tlie ^-ovenior shall cause an abstract, apin-oved hy the Secretary of State, of the reguilations relating to the treat- ment and conduct of prisoners, with a cojiy of the prison dietaries (printed in legible charact(U's) to be jiosted in each cell, and shall read them or cause them to be read to every jirisoner who cannot read within twenty-four hours after his ciclinission. (2.) The governor shall take an earl}'- ojiportunity of seeino- all prisoners after their admission, and satisfy himself that they understand the rules and regulations to which they are required to confonn, the privileges they may gain by industry and good conduct, and the consequences of idleness and misconduct. 124. —(1.) The governor shall without delay call the attention of the medical officer to any prisoner whose state of mind or body appears to require attention, and shall carry into effect the written directions of the medical officer respecting alterations of the discipline or treatment of any such prisoner. (2.) The governor shall notify to the medical officer without delay the illness of any officer or prisoner, and shall furnish to him daily a list of the prisoners reported sick in the prison. 125. The governor shall daily provide for the cha])lain and the medical officei a list of prisoners under punishment. 12(). The governor shall visit the infirmary daily, and see all ])risoners therein, and shall take care that proper arrangements are made for the safe custody of the sick prisoners, and that discipline is maintained, so far as is consistent with the medical treatment prescribed for them. He shall on all occasions support the medical officer in the performance of his duties. 127. Ui)on the death of a prisoner the governor shall give immediate notice thereof to the coroner having jurisdiction, also to the Board of Yisitors, the directors, and the nearest relative of the deceased, where practicable. 128. —(1.) The governor shall see that no officer of the prison, nor any prisoner, nor any person wffio is under contract to supply anything for the service of the prison, is a juror on any inquest held on the body of a prisoner who has died in his custody. (2.) The governor shall sujjply to the coroner the name of any prisoner who tenders his evidence in the case of an inquest about to be held on the body of any prisoner. (3.) The governor shall report to the directors in respect of any inquest on a prisoner the finding of the jury or other cir- cumstances which may occur at the inquest.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22333770_0028.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
