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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![11) (4.) Tins rule does not apply to prisoners who are visited by a pi'ison minister. 53. The chaplain shall, read the burial seiwice at the funeral of anv prisoner of the Established Church who may die in the prison, in case provision for the reading of such service is not otheiurise made. 54. The chaplain shall in conjunction with the governor use his best endeavours to provide for the employment of prisoners on discharge. 55. The chaplain shall pay particular attention to a prisoner under orders for execution or committed on a charge punishable with death. 5G. In case of absence from the prison on leave, the chaplain shall name a sub.stitute, to be approved by a Commissioner. He ]nay, siibject to the approval of a Commissioner, accept the occasional as.sistance of a clerg5unan in the discharge of any part of his duties in the chapel, inserting tlie name of that clergyman in his journal. 57. The chajdain shall conform to the rules and regulations of the prison, and shall not interfere with the working of them as regards the safe custodj^, discipline, and labour of the prisoners, but shall support the governor in the maintenaiice thereof. 58. The assistant chaplain shall act under the orders of the cliajdain, and shall be competent to perform any duty required to be ])erformed by the chaj^lain, and when either the chaplain or assistant cha])lain is absent from the prison, the other shall ])erform his duties. Subject as aforesaid, the rules as to the chaplain shall apply also to the assistant cha])lain. 59. If any urisoner who is of a religious j)ersuasion different from that of the Established Church specially so requests, the governor shall permit a minister of that persuasion to visit him at proper and reasonable times, under regulations approved by the Commissioners. The governor shall cause such prisoners to be made acquainted with this ])rivilege on their admission. 60. A minister appointed under the Prison Ministers Act, 1863 (in these rules referred to as a prison minister), may, when alwnt on leave, or from any unavoidable cause, appoint a sub- stituie with the consent of a Commissioner. 61. A prison minister shall be made acquainted vuth the names of all prisoners of his persuasion, and with such other particulars respecting them as are necessary for the performance of his duties. 62. Convenient hours shall be ap]iro]iriated bv the governor during which a prison minister shall have access to prisoners ot Ins persuasion for the purpose of affording to them religious instruction, but he shall not hold communication with anv ])risoners other than those of his (nvn ])ersuasion. B 2 Reading of burial service. Duty as to employment on discharge. Duty as to prisoners under capital charge or sentence. Substitute. Duty to conform to rules. Assistant chaplain. Visits by ministers of particular denomina- tions. Power for prison minister to appoint substitute. Information to be given to prison minister. Access by prison minister to prisoners. 799](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22333782_0021.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
