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29. Prisoners undergoing separate treatment are
    not to be released without the special authority of
    a Visiting Justice.
30. Should any prisoner wish to see a Visiting
    Justice, Clergyman, Medical Officer, or the warden,
    he is to inform the visiting officer; but all further
    communication is strictly prohibited.

Cooks.

31. The cooks shall be in such proportion as may
    from time to time be directed, and shall be selected
    from the best-conducted men.
32. They shall be responsible that the prisoners'
    rations are properly cooked and distributed, according
    to the directions of the warden.
33. 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.
34. They are to be employed during spare time
    in such work as the warden may allot to them.

Wardsmen.

35. There will be such wardsmen employed in the
    prison as may be considered necessary, for the clean
    state and general order of which they will be held
    responsible.
36. The night buckets in use in the prison are to
    be emptied by them every morning and thoroughly,
    cleansed.
37. They will be required to wash the floors of
    the different divisions as often as they may be di-
    rected, and also to whitewash the walls of the interior
    of the prison.
38. They shall have to attend to the trimming of
    the lamps, and see that they are properly supplied
    with oil.

Warden.

39. He shall reside in the establishment, from
    which he will not absent himself for a longer period
    than twelve hours without the written authority of
    the Superintendent or a Visiting Justice; and he is
    responsible for the discipline, management, and safe
    custody of the prisoners, the impartial enforcement
    of penal discipline, and the introduction and main-
    tenance of habits of industry, cleanliness, order, and
    obedience among them, and in the establishment
    generally.
40. He shall frequently and at uncertain hours
    visit the working parties, and shall see that all the
    officers under his charge perform their duties in
    strict accordance with the regulations issued for
    their guidance.
41. He shall be at all times ready to receive any
    complaint or application made by any of the prisoners,
    and to report the same to a Visiting Justice.
42. He shall use all necessary measures of pre-
    cautíon to prevent the escape of prisoners, and with
    that view frequently visit and inspect the wards,
    separate apartments, cells, and every division of the
    establishment by day and by night, and shall see
    every prisoner once at least in twenty-four hours.
43. He shall see that the utmost economy be ob-
    served throughout the establishment, and that the
    labour of the prisoners be made as productive as
    possible.
44. He shall not allow prisoners, under any pretence
    whatever, to be employed either singly or in detached
    parties, without being under the charge and personal
    observation of an officer.
45. He shall not permit any stranger to sleep in
    the apartments of the officers.
46. He shall keep a journal, in which he will enter
    every extraordinary occurrence, and remark upon any
    irregularities which may take place in the discipline
    of the establishment; as also upon matters of
    importance bearing upon the health, discipline, and
    employment of the prisoners.
47. He shall specially report to the Medical Officer
    the case of any prisoner whose condition, mental or
    bodily, requires particular attention.
48. He shall furnish the Medical Officer with a
    list of all prisoners who may be undergoing separate
    treatment, or in solitary confinement for punishment.
49. He shall immediately report the death of any
    prisoner to a Visiting Justice and the Coroner.
50. In case of misconduct on the part of any of
    the officers, he is empowered to suspend such officer,
    who will not, however, be allowed to leave the
    establishment, and he will immediately make a report
    on the subject, or, should the urgency of the case
    demand such a course, he may apply to a Visiting
    Justice for advice and assistance.
51. He shall keep an order book, in which he will
    enter such orders as he may from time to time find
    it necessary to issue.
52. In visiting the female division of the gaol he
    will be attended by the matron or some other officer.
53. He shall occasionally visit the various messes
    at their meals, and see that their food is of a proper
    quality, and properly cooked.
54. He shall have the keys of the outer gates,
    doors, and cells, delivered to him immediately the
    prisoners are locked up for the night, and he will
    ascertain that the officers are all present. He will
    keep them until six a.m. in summer, and daylight at
    other seasons, and he will not allow egress or ingress
    during the night-except on special occasions, to be
    noted in his journal.
55. He shall as soon as possible after a prisoner
    is received into the establishment, cause to be entered
    in the Prison Register the particulars required by
    section 3, together with his offence, sentence, and
    any particulars he may discover as to his previous
    history; and he shall also enter every offence the
    prisoner may commit whilst in custody in the De-
    faulters' Book.
56. He will be responsible for the correct issue of
    the stores and provisions, and that no improper
    appropriation of them by the turnkey or any other
    officer is permitted.
57. Should the turnkey at any time report the
    receipt of an inferior description of rations, the
    warden will, after due warning to the contractor, call
    upon the Medical Officer to inspect them; and should
    the contractor fail to supply a better quality, the
    warden will obtain the articles required at the con-
    tractor's risk.
58. He will use his best endeavours on all occa-
    sions to secure the co-operation of the Visiting
    Justice, the Medical Officer, and of all the Subor-
    dinate Officers, in the execution of the duties
    intrusted to them, in order that by their united
    exertions the service may be performed in the most
    efficient manner possible.
59. He shall make a yearly report on the state of
    the establishment, and the conduct of the prisoners
    under his charge.
60. He shall cause the rules of the establishment
    to be read to the prisoners on entry, and as occasion
    may require.
61. He may inflict summary punishment on any
    prisoner for minor breaches of discipline, by solitary
    confinement on bread and water for any period not
    exceeding three days, and if necessary he may place
    any refractory prisoner in irons, immediately report-
    ing the case to the Visiting Justice.
62. He will cause to be kept such registers, books,
    &c., and shall furnish such returns as shall be
    directed by the Superintendent or Visiting Justices.