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plaints they will render themselves liable to
punishment.
102. They must appear on all occasions
clean in person and in dress. Their clothing
and bedding will be marked with a number,
and should any of these articles be wilfully
damaged, or lost through carelessness, they
will be severely punished.
103. They shall attend Divine Service of
the denomination to which they belong at the
appointed times, and shall behave themselves
with the greatest propriety.
104. The religious denomination of each
prisoner is to be determined by his voluntary
statement, upon his receipt into the prison,
and no prisoner is to be allowed to hold in-
tercourse with a clergyman of a different de-
nomination, unless extraordinary circum-
stances should require it, such as the imme-
diate prospect of death, &c.
105. The Sunday must be kept holy and as
a day of rest and whenever a Clergyman does
not attend the prison on that day, prayers
will be read by an officer of the gaol.
106. Any prisoner who is a Jew is not to
be compelled to labour on his Sabbath, but
may be employed on any necessary duty on
the Christian Sabbath.
107. Each prisoner will be provided with
a Bible and a Prayer Book, and books of a
secular character will also be provided for
their instructions, any defacing or damaging
of which will be visited with severe punish-
ment.
108 Prisoners behaving in a refractory
manner will be brought before the Visiting
Justice who will inflict such lawful punishment
as the case may demand. They will on all
such occasions be placed in separate confine-
ment to await trial, and if necessary in irons.
109. They are not to have in their possession
any article of food, clothing, &c., except such
as shall have been issued to them and sanc-
tioned by the medical officer or gaoler, all
articles of luxury such as tobacco are strictly
prohibited.
110. Gaming, dancing, swearing, immoral
songs and conversation, are strictly prohibited.
111. Prisoners must not leave their place
of work without authority.
112. Any prisoner sleeping out of his own
berth will be punished for misconduct.
113. Prisoners are not to be allowed to
send or receive any letters oftener than once
in three months except through the Gaoler,
who will inspect them and exercise his own
discretion as to their delivery; and they must
not hold any communication whatever with
any person without his authority. They may
however if well conducted be permitted to
see their friends on the first Thursday in each
quarter.
114. Any prisoner conniving at a breach
of the Regulations will be considered as an
accessory, and be punished for misconduct.
115. A copy of the regulations will be
suspended in each ward, and they will be
read to them, or if necessary explained, once
a month.
116. There will also be suspended in each
ward, a list of the names of all prisoners
belonging to it, in which will be noted the
offence, sentence, and date of reception into
the establishment and a record of conduct
whilst therein.
117. They are to be shaved on Tuesdays
and Saturdays-to wash their feet on the
latter day and to put on clean shirts on
Wednesdays and Sundays.
118. Prisoners about to be discharged will
be allowed to let their hair grow for a month
previous, and on the day of discharge shall
deliver to the Gaoler the prison clothing in
their possession in a clean and neat state, and
will be placed in possession of all effects taken
from them on committal.
119. Every prisoner not employed at hard
labour shall excercise for two hours every
morning and for two hours every afternoon,
weather permitting.

PRISONERS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT,
OR SEPARATE CONFINEMENT.

120. Every prisoner before being placed in
     a cell must be strictly searched.
121. He is then to be shown the cell and
     caused to examine it carefully, in order that
     any marking or defacing may be at once
     thereafter detected.
122. Prisoners undergoing separate treat-
     ment are not to be released without the
     special authority of the Inspector.
123. They are not upon any pretence what-
     ever to communicate either by words or signs
     with each other or the men employed in clean-
     ing their cells nor are they to sing, whistle,
     dance or make any noise whatever during
     their confinement. They must not stop any
     of the ventilating apparatus nor deface the
     walls of their cells.
124. Should any prisoner wish to see the
     Visiting Justice, Chaplain, Medical Officer,
     or Gaoler, he is to inform the Visiting Officer
     accordingly but all further communication is
     strictly prohibited.
125. When prisoners are taken out to exer-
     cise, which will not be until after the third
     day after their admission, they are to be kept
     marching in line 5 yards apart and facing
     in the same direction.

NOTE. These rules to be suspended in separate and
solitary cells, and to be read to prisoners on being
placed therein.

COOKS.

126. The Cooks to be in such proportion
     as may from time to time be directed to be
     selected from the best conducted men who
     have completed one third of their sentence.
127. They will be held responsible that
     the prisoner's rations are properly cooked and
     distributed, according to the directions of the
     Gaoler.
128. They will be required to have the
     cook-house, cooking utensils, tables, mess kits,
     pails, &c., at all times properly cleansed and
     kept in their proper places.