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228. No person shall be allowed to visit a prisoner except by the authority of the Under-Secretary, the Inspector, or the Gaoler.

229. The Gaoler shall withhold his authority if he considers that the visit is inconsistent with the security or discipline of the prison, or has reason to believe that the person applying for permission is of bad character. Under the same circumstances he may refuse to admit a person having an order under Regulation No. , but shall in such case immediately refer his decision and the reasons therefor to the Under-Secretary and shall await instructions.

230. The Gaoler shall require the name and address of all visitors to prisoners to be given, and if he has any ground for suspicion may search, or cause to be searched, any male visitor, and direct a female officer to search any female visitor, but such searching shall not take place in the presence of any prisoner or other visitor, nor, in the case of a female visitor, in the presence of any male officer; and a note with all particulars as to the result of the search shall be entered in the Gaoler’s journal.

231. Not more than three persons shall be allowed to visit a prisoner at any one time.

232. The officer present at a visit shall carefully supervise such visit, and if circumstances arise affording him reason for believing that the visit is inconsistent with the security or discipline of the prison, or is of a frivolous character, he shall immediately bring the visit to a close and report the visitor or visitors to the Gaoler before they leave the prison.

233. Apart from anything in the regulations to the contrary, the Gaoler may grant special permission to a prisoner to see his friends, provided that the circumstances are pressing and urgent and admit of no delay.

234. No visit shall be allowed on Sunday except in cases of emergency.

Food.

235. Every prisoner shall be supplied with a sufficient quantity of wholesome food according to the scales of diet hereinafter prescribed.

236. A prisoner who has any complaint to make regarding the diet furnished to him, or who wishes his diet to be weighed or measured for the purpose of ascertaining whether he is supplied with the proper quantity, must make his request as soon as possible after the diet has been handed to him, and it shall thereupon be weighed or measured in his presence, and in that of the officer deputed for that purpose. Repeated complaints of a groundless nature made by any prisoner under colour of this regulation shall be treated as a breach of prison discipline, and the offender shall be liable to be punished accordingly.

237. Any special addition to the food in the diet scale may, in the case of a prisoner not being a patient in the prison hospital, be made only on the recommendation of the Medical Officer.

238. The Gaoler shall from time to time consult the Medical Officer respecting the quality of the provisions furnished to the prisoners.

239. No fermented or spirituous liquors of any kind shall be sold or supplied to, or be admitted to the prison for the use of, any of the prisoners in any prison under any pretence whatsoever, unless on the written order of the Medical Officer specifying the quantity to be admitted. A copy of every such order shall be entered by the Medical Officer in his journal. This regulation shall not apply to any stock of such liquor kept in the prison under the Medical Officer’s control for the use of sick prisoners. Whenever the Medical Officer prescribes any liquor he shall do so under a written order, which shall specify the quantity and the name of the prisoner for whose use it is intended.

Bedding and Clothing.

240. Every prisoner shall be supplied with such bedding as may be prescribed by the Gaoler, and with such additional clothing and bedding during cold weather or in special cases as the Medical Officer may deem requisite.

241. The beds and bedding shall be aired not less frequently than twice a week in summer and once a week in winter.

242. Every prisoner required to wear prison clothing shall be supplied with a complete outfit, sufficient for warmth.

Exercise.

243. All prisoners shall be allowed as much air and exercise as may be deemed necessary for the preservation of health consistently with security.

244. Prisoners employed at work in their cells or in the prison workshops shall exercise in the open air for half an hour before commencing labour in the morning, and half an hour after the conclusion of the day’s labour in the afternoon, or oftener if the Medical Officer deems it necessary.

245. Every prisoner not employed at hard labour shall exercise two hours every forenoon and two hours every afternoon (weather permitting), or for a longer or shorter time, as the Medical Officer deems necessary for the purposes of health.

246. Prisoners undergoing solitary confinement shall on and after the third day be allowed such exercise during the period of this punishment as the Medical Officer shall deem necessary.

Health of Prisoners.

247. All prisoners, except when directions to the contrary are given by the Medical Officer, shall bathe as often as may be necessary in the interests of health, being in no case less than once a week.

248. Prisoners suffering from any contagious or infectious disease shall be kept strictly apart from the other prisoners, and all instructions issued by the Medical Officer shall be rigidly adhered to. They shall not use any plunge bath, but either a shower or sponge bath.

249. Prisoners who desire to see the Medical Officer must give their names before breakfast to the officer of their ward, to be by him given to the Gaoler. Officers will also make a report to the Gaoler of the name of any prisoner who, in their opinion, should consult the Medical Officer.