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when such prisoner may be selected by the Gaoler
to act as cook or wardsman.

5. Prisoners are to pay implicit obedience to all
   lawful commands they may receive, and on all occa-
   sions to pay proper respect to all persons placed in
   authority over them.

6. They are at all times and in all places to conduct
   themselves with order and regularity. Silence is to
   be strictly enforced when marching to and from their
   places of labour; at no time is any conversation
   allowed beyond what is necessary.

7. Prisoners having any matter to represent or
   complain of, must address themselves to the Gaoler,
   whose duty it will be to see that justice is done them.
   When any serious cause of complaint arises, they may
   address themselves, through the Gaoler, to the
   Visiting Justices, but they must remember that for
   making any idle or frivolous complaints they will
   render themselves liable to punishment. All com-
   plaints made to the Gaoler concerning offences
   committed in gaol must be reported to the Visiting
   Justices.

8. Prisoners must appear tidy and clean in person
   and dress, their clothing and bedding will be marked
   with a number or the prison brand, and the wilful loss
   or damage of any of the prison property by any
   prisoner will be visited with severe punishment.
   Prisoners are required to wash and repair their own
   clothing and bedding when directed to do so by the
   Gaoler.

9. Gaming, dancing, swearing, fighting, singing
   and loud conversation are strictly prohibited. No
   prisoner must leave his proper place of work without
   authority. No prisoner must sleep out of his own
   berth without authority from the Gaoler. For any
   of these offences prisoners may be punished for a
   breach of the gaol regulations.

10. Prisoners charged with behaving in a refractory
    manner will be brought before one or more of the
    Visiting Justices, who will inflict such lawful punish-
    ment as the case may demand. They will on all such
    occasions be placed in separate confinement to await
    trial, and if necessary in irons.

11. Sunday shall be kept holy, and as a day of rest.
    The prisoners shall attend Divine Service of the
    denomination to which they belong at the appointed
    times whenever an opportunity offers, and they shall
    behave themselves with the greatest propriety.

12. The religious denomination of each prisoner
    shall be determined by the statement they may make
    on admission to the gaol; and no prisoner is to be
    allowed to hold intercourse with a clergyman of a
    different denomination, unless extraordinary circum-
    stances should arise, such as the immediate prospect
    of death, except by permission of a Visiting Justice.

13. Prisoners of the Jewish denomination will not
    be compelled to work on their Sabbath, but may be
    employed in any necessary duties on the Sunday.

14. Each prisoner will be provided with a Bible
    and Prayer Book approved by the religious denomina-
    tion to which the prisoner belongs, and books of a
    secular character will also be provided for their
    instruction. The wilful defacing or damaging of any
    of these books will be visited with severe punishment.
    All books provided for the use of the prisoners are to
    be considered the property of the gaol. Books lent
    to prisoners by permission of a Visiting Justice are
    to be returned to the parties from whom they were
    obtained. Prisoners defacing or damaging these
    books will be severely punished.

15. Prisoners undergoing hard laboursentences may
    be permitted to write and receive one letter monthly
    through the Gaoler, who will inspect all letters, and
    exercise his own judgment as to their delivery. If
    well conducted, these prisoners will be permitted to
    see their friends on the first Saturday in each month

between the hours of 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. The
number of persons admitted to see a prisoner at any
one time, and the duration of each visit, will be regu-
lated by the Gaoler. At no other time must any
stranger be allowed to visit prisoners of this class,
except by written order signed by one of the Visiting
Justices.

16. Prisoners detained for imprisonment in default
    of bail, or in default of payment of fine, may be
    permitted to write and receive letters daily in connec-
    tion with their cases, subject to the inspection of the
    Gaoler; they may be allowed to see and speak with
    their friends on the subject of their detention twice
    during the week, between the hours of 10 o'clock and
    12 o'clock a.m., and 2 o'clock and 4 o'clock p.m.;
    such visits to be made in the presence of an officer.

17. No stranger will be allowed to visit the gaol at
    any other times than provided for by these regula-
    tions, except by written order signed by one of
    the Visiting Justices. A copy of Clause 3 of "The
    Gaolers and Prisoners Act, 1869," shall be posted up
    in some conspicuous place in the visitors' room or
    ward, and the Gaoler or Warder admitting them
    should especially draw their attention to the said
    clause, the provisions of which will be strictly
    enforced.

18. Every prisoner not employed at hard labour
    shall take exercise for two hours every morning and
    afternoon, weather permitting.

19. A copy of the regulations for the guidance of
    prisoners shall be suspended in each ward, and shall
    be read to the prisoners, and explained, if necessary.

20. Any prisoner conniving at a breach of the gaol
    regulations will be considered as an accessory, and
    be liable to punishment for misconduct.

Prisoners in Solitary or Separate Confinement.

21. Every prisoner before being placed in a cell
    shall be strictly searched; he shall then be shown
    the cell, and caused to examine it carefully, in order
    that any marking or defacing may be at once there-
    after detected.

22. Prisoners undergoing separate treatment are
    not to be released without the special authority of
    one of the Visiting Justices, and on no account are
    they to be allowed to write to or receive letters from
    their friends during their term of secondary punish-
    ment.

23. They shall not, upon any pretence whatever,
    communicate by words or signs with each other, or
    with the men employed to clean their cells; they
    shall not sing, whistle, dance, or make any noise
    whatever during their confinement. They are for-
    bidden to stop any of the ventilating apparatus, or
    to deface the walls of their cells.

24. Should any prisoner of this class wish to see a
    Visiting Justice, Chaplain, Medical Officer, or the
    Gaoler, he is to inform the Warder, but all further
    communication is strictly prohibited.

25. Prisoners sentenced to separate or solitary
    confinement for a period of more than seven days,
    will, on the expiration of the third day after their
    confinement, be taken out to exercise; they will be
    kept marching in line five yards apart, facing in the
    same direction, and strict silence must be enforced.

Juvenile Prisoners.

26. Prisoners under sixteen years of age will be
    classed as juvenile prisoners, and will occupy separate
    cells or wards set apart for their use, and will be
    employed in work about the gaol.

Female Prisoners.

27. Female prisoners will be subject to all rules
    and regulations laid down for the ordering of male
    prisoners, so far as such rules and regulations are