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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![140. Tlie f>’overuor shall kee]) the prescribed records of the conduct of officers, and may fine subordinate officers and servants in any amount not exceeding five shillings, for neglect of duty or other offence against the prison rules; and the fines shall be applied as may be directed by the Commissioners. 141. —(1.) The governor shall not, without permission in writ- ing from a Commissioner, be absent from the prison for a except from unavoidable necessity. If from unavoidable necessity he is absent for a night, and has not been able to obtain leave for such absence, he shall at once inform the Commissioners of the fact and the cause of it, and shall record it in his journal. He shall also enter his leave of absence, with the authority for it, in his journal. Before leaving the prison at any time he shall give over the charge of it to the deputy governor or to the officer acting in his place. (2.) When the governor is absent from the prison the deputy governor shall perform all his duties, and on such occasions the deputy governor shall be competent to perform any duty required to be performed by the governor. (3.) If under any circumstances the governor and deputy governor are both absent, the charge of the prison shall devolve on the chief warder or senior principal warder, to whom it shall be regularly delivered over, but the omission of such deliveiy shall not justify the chief or princij)al warder in neglecting the charge if he is aware that the governor and deputy governor are actually absent from the prison. 142. The governor may, if the terms of the contract permit it, purchase articles from any contractor for the use of his familv at the contract rate; but, with this exception, he shall not have for his own use, or that of any other person, any dealings with any tradesman supplying the prison. 143. —(1.) The governor shall take care that the labour of all the prisoners is made use of in such a way as to be to the best advantag-e to the public service, and shall not em])loy, or allow to be employed, any prisoner in any private work whatever, for himself or for any other officer of the prison. (2.) Tffie governor shall promote the useful employment and industnal training of the prisoners. 144. The governor shall use his best endeavours to assist in the identification of prisoners, and with that object shall furnish to the governors of other prisons, and to the police, any information in his power. 145-—(1-) The governor shall not allow any person other than a Judge of the High Court or the Bishop of the diocese to view the prison except as provided by statute, or by an order from the Secretary of State or the Commissioners, or unless authorised according to instructions Avhich may be issued, and shall be careful that no visitor holds any communication with any pri- soner unless duly authorised to do so. 799 Power to fine oificers. Absence from prison. Purchases from con- tractor. Duties as to prisoners’ labour. Duties as to identification of prisoners. Admission of persons to the prison. C](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22333782_0035.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
