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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
- All games of chance are strictly pro-
hibited. - Spirits are strictly prohibited.
- Tobacco (unless allowed by medical
officer) is strictly prohibited. - No rations but those of scale No. 2 to
be given to any prisoner without the order of
the Superintendent or of a medical officer. - Every prisoner shall wash and mend
his clothes once a week. - Every prisoner is to receive notice
from the Gaoler the morning before his dis-
charge, and every prisoner before leaving is
to deliver to the Gaoler the two suits of Gaol
Clothing received on entry, in a clean and
neat state. To be strictly searched by the
Gaoler and to be put in possession of all
effects he was deprived of on committal, and
if not taken away by him the same may be
disposed of in such manner as the visiting
Justices may direct.
Particular Rules for the Criminal Side of
the Gaol Prisoners sentenced to Hard
Labour.
- At ten minutes before 8 o'clock every
hard labor man is to be mustered by the
overseer, and at 8 marched to the place of
labor, there to be set to work by the overseer,
under the direction of the Superintendent of
Public Works. - At 12 o'clock each hard labor prisoner
is to be marched back to the Gaol for dinner;
at which meal each hard labor man is to
receive an extra ration of 1/2 lb. of meat during
his good behaviour, any inattention to the
rules will cause such extra allowance to be
stopped. - At 1 o'clock the hard labor prisoner
shall be marched by the overseer to the place
of labor to resume work until 5; when
having carefully delivered over the imple-
ments in use to the custody of the Chief
Constable, they shall be marched to Gaol. - On Wednesdays hard labor shall cease
at 4 o'clock and on Saturdays there shall be
no afternoon hard labor. Such extra time to
be employed in washing and mending clothes,
or in rational and quiet conversation or
reading. - During wet weather hard labor men to
be employed at the discretion of the Gaoler
on work inside the Gaol.
Convicted Prisoners not sentenced to hard
labour.
- Every prisoner not sentenced to hard
labor to take exercise "two" hours every
morning and "two" hours every afternoon,
under the charge of the Gaoler or an Overseer.
Juvenile Unconvicted prisoners.
- Every such prisoner to take exercise
as by Rule 35. - Every such prisoner may procure for
his own use, at his own expense, such articles
as he may require (Spirits, Ale, Beer, Wine,
or Tobacco excepted), and all such articles
must be inspected on entry by the Gaoler;
and every such prisoner may wear his own
private apparel.
Female Convicted Prisoners.
- Female prisoners to occupy separate
cells, and to be kept apart from male prisoners,
and to be under the immediate custody of the
Gaoler until such time as a matron be actually
required. - Female prisoners to be employed in
washing and mending, for the Gaol under
the direction of the Gaoler. - Female prisoners to exercise as by
Rule 35, but not at same time with male
prisoners. - The other rules to be applied to female
prisoners except in so far as exclusively
applicable to male prisoners.
Juvenile Convicted Prisoners.
- Such Juvenile prisoners to occupy
separate cells and to be employed on work
about the Gaol; under the superintendence of
Gaoler.
Cooking.
- For the purpose of cooking the rations
for all the prisoners (convicted, unconvicted,
or debtors), and for cooking the meals for
the Gaoler and the Overseers, one cook for
every six prisoners or fractional part of six
shall be allowed. - Every cook shall be selected by the
Gaoler, and, if possible from Prisoners sen-
tenced to hard labor. - Every cook to prepare meals in a
clean and proper manner, to wash up all
plates and kitchen utensils, and to keep all
the tables and forms in a clean, and proper
state. - The cooks to sweep out the entire
Gaol and all the cells every morning. - The cooks to be responsible that all
bedding or clothes hung out to dry or air are
brought in during wet weather, if at the
time the prisoners to whom such clothes or
bedding belong are at hard labor. - The cooks to be employed during spare
time in such work about the Gaol as the
Gaoler may allot to them. - The cooks to wash the Gaol and all
floors twice a week in summer, and once a
week in winter. - The cooks, if not hard labor prisoners,
to be allowed the same extra ration of meat
as if they were hard labor men.
Officers and Servants of the Gaol.
- The Gaoler shall never sleep out of
the Gaol, without a written authority from
the Superintendent. - Proper Registers, Journals, Account
Books; &c., to be kept regularly, and to be
open to the inspection of the visiting Magis-
trates. - The Gaoler to read the rules to the
prisoners on entry, and as occasion may re-
quire. - The Gaoler to enforce great cleanliness
throughout the entire buildings, and to see
that the overseers enforce the same.
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Continuation of Prison Regulations for Dunedin Gaol.
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⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement25 October 1859
Prison rules, discipline, hard labor, juvenile prisoners, female prisoners, Gaoler duties, cooking staff
NZ Gazette 1859, No 33