Prison rules (local prisons) : draft of rules proposed to be made under the Prison Act, 1898.
- Home Office
- Date:
- 1899
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Prison rules (local 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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![medical officer deems it requisite on tlie ground of health, and the hair of a male prisoner shall not be cut closer than may be necessary for puiijoses of health and cleanliness. (3.) Every prisoner shall obey such regulations as regards washing, bathing, and hair cutting, as may be from time to time prescribed with a view to the maintenance of health and cleanliness. (4.) A prisoner shall not be stripped or bathed in the presence of any other prisoner. (5.) Each prisoner shall keep his cell, utensils, books, and other articles issued for his use, and his clothing and bedding, clean and neatly arranged, and shall clean and sweep the yards, passages, and other parts of the prison as may be directed. Classification and Remission. 34. All convicted prisoners, except ohenders of the first and second di\usions, sliall be classified as follows: — (a.) Star class, to consist of prisoners who have not been previously convicted of serious crime, or avIio are not habitually criminal or of corrupt habits. (6.) Ordinary class, to consist of prisoners who have been previously convicted of serious crime, or who are liabitual criminals or of corrupt habits. (c.) Juvenile offenders. 35. (1.) A system of progressive stages shall be establislied with specific privileges attached to each stage, and every ])risoner shall have the opportunity of ])rofiting‘ by this system. (2.) A prisoner while in any stage shall be entitled to every ])iivilege attached to that stag'e, unless he forfeits any ])rivilege as provided by this rule. (3.) The promotion of a prisoner from one stage to another shall be gained by industry, but it may be postponed for idle- ness 01 misconduct, or he may be removed to a lower stage, or he may forfeit aii}^ of the privileges of his stage. 1 record of the industry of every prisone shall be kept in marks, the award of which shall be carefulb supervised by the governor and deputy governor, and ever^ prisoner shall, as a condition of becoming eligible for remission earn the required number of marks, and, in addition, any mark; he may have forfeited for misconduct. li&t: Classification of prisoners. Progressive stages. Record of industry.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22333782_0017.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
