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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![(S.) If no clergyman is present as a substitute iii tbe absence 01 the chaplain, the governor, or such other person as may >e approved by the directors, shall read the daily prayers, and tlie o’overnor shall record the fact in his journal. X49.—(1.) The governor shall use his best endeavours to promote the efforts made to advance the education of the prisoners. (2.) The governor shall assist with his influence and authority the exertions of the chaplain for the reformation of the prisoners. 150. The governor shall submit to the directors, as soon as possible after the 31st March in each year, a report in writing, specifying, with reference to the year ended on that date, the conduct of the subordinate officers; the number of prisoners admitted to his custody, and their disposal; the conduct of the prisoners, and the number of punishments and restraints imposed on them; the number of e'scapes or attempts at escape; tlie labour in which the prisoners have been employed; the particulars of their labour and the value thereof; the state and condition of the buildings, fences, &c.; the repairs or altera- tions which have been made in the prison buildings; and such other particulars as may be directed ; together with a certificate, signed by himself, stating whether the rules laid down for the govei'nment of the ]nison have been coni])lied with in every instance, except in such cases as have been distinctly re])orted to, or brought imder the notice of, a director. 151. The governor shall use his endeavours by communicat- inc‘ witli discharged prisoners’ aid societies and otherwise, to assist in providing prisoners with employment on their discharge in order to ])revent them from falling again into crime. Lady Superintendent. 152. The lady superintendent or senior female officer shall reside in the prison. She shall have the care and sujmrinten- dence of the whole of the female prisoners. The keys of all the locks of the female ])rison shall be kept in her custody. 153. The lady sui)erintendent shall, so far as practicable, visit and inspect every part of the prison occupied by females, and see every female prisoner once at least in every twenty-four hours, and in default of such daily visits and inspections she shall state in her joiirnal how far she has omitted them, and the ca\ise thereof. She shall, at least once during the week, go through every such part of the ])rison at an uncertain hour of the niglit, and this visit, with file hour and state of the part visited at the time, shall be recorded in her journal. 154. —(1.) The lady superintendent shall not be absent from the prison for a night without permission in writing from a director on the recommendation of the governor. Duties as to education and reforma- tion of prisoners. Annual report. Duties as to discharged prisoners. Residence. Duties as to inspecting prisons and prisoners. Absence from prison.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22333770_0033.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
