July 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2123

CLASSIFICATION.

65. All prisoners sentenced to reformative detention only, and all prisoners sentenced to imprisonment to be followed by reformative detention, shall during the period of their sentences of reformative detention be, as far as possible, kept apart from other classes of prisoners.

66. They shall be classified into two grades—the Second and First Grades respectively. The First Grade shall consist of two divisions, the Lower and Special.

67. All prisoners sentenced to reformative detention only shall on admission commence their sentences in the Second Grade.

68. All prisoners sentenced to reformative detention following a term of imprisonment shall commence their period of reformative detention in the Second Grade, provided that a prisoner may be placed in any higher grade at the discretion of the Inspector of Prisons.

Second Grade.

69. Prisoners in this grade shall be eligible for promotion to the First Grade when they have earned 1,464 marks, if their conduct and industry have been exemplary.

70. They may for misconduct be required to serve an additional period in this grade.

71. Prisoners who enter this grade after serving a term of imprisonment shall have the same privileges in regard to visits, the receipt and despatch of letters, and the issue of library books as they had in the class in which they were immediately prior to their transfer.

72. Prisoners sentenced to reformative detention only shall be permitted to receive a visit of not more than twenty minutes’ duration and to receive and despatch two letters within one week from date of conviction. Thereafter they may receive a visit of not more than twenty minutes’ duration and may despatch and receive one letter every eight weeks, providing their conduct and industry have been good during the preceding four weeks.

73. They shall be allowed one book from the library each week.

74. They shall wear coats of a different colour from those worn by ordinary hard-labour prisoners.

First Grade.

75. Lower Division.—On entering the First Grade prisoners shall be placed in the Lower Division, and must earn 2,920 marks and have served with exemplary conduct and industry for a period of twelve months immediately prior to becoming eligible for promotion to the Special Division.

76. They shall be permitted to receive a visit of not more than thirty minutes’ duration and to receive and despatch one letter every four weeks, provided that their conduct and industry have been good during the preceding four weeks.

77. They shall be allowed to take two books and one magazine from the library each week.

78. They shall wear the prescribed dress, with red facings.

79. Special Division.—On promotion to the Special Division prisoners shall be permitted to receive a visit of thirty minutes’ duration and receive and despatch a letter every two weeks.

80. They shall be allowed to change their library books three times a week, but shall not have more than one book and one magazine at a time, except with the approval of the Inspector of Prisons.

81. Prisoners may for misconduct be reduced to a lower grade or division for a stated period, but prisoners reduced from the Special Division will not, unless under exceptional circumstances, again be eligible for promotion to that division.

82. Prisoners in the Special Division shall wear a blue dress, with red band on left forearm.

83. In determining a prisoner’s eligibility for promotion to the Special Division, in addition to consideration of his conduct, regard shall be had to his habits and disposition, his powers of self-control and potentiality of reform, and the probability of his remaining at liberty without violating the law in the event of his release on probation being approved.

PROMOTIONS IN GRADE.

84. Promotions in grade shall be made by the Inspector of Prisons.

EMPLOYMENT MARKS.

85. Every prisoner serving a sentence of reformative detention shall, according to his capacity and physical condition, perform some fixed task daily.

86. Such work should be of a reproductive and reformative character, and, whenever practicable and not inconsistent with disciplinary requirements, the prisoner shall be employed at the trade at which he is most proficient and which is most likely to fit him for honest self-support when at liberty.

87. Each prisoner may earn marks according to the following scale, and the value of the marks shall be as set out in the scale :—

Prisoners in the Second Grade—
For a full day’s work with exemplary conduct, 8 marks, 3s.
For a fair day’s work with good conduct, 7 marks, 2s. 9d.
For indifferent work or bad conduct, 6 marks, 2s. 6d.

88. Prisoners in the First Grade employed on unskilled labour shall be credited with an additional 3d. per diem for a full or fair day’s work respectively.

89. Prisoners in the First Grade who are skilled artisans or tradesmen employed at work at which they are proficient shall be credited with the following marks and amounts :—
    For a full day’s work with exemplary conduct, 8 marks, 4s.
    For a fair day’s work with good conduct, 7 marks, 3s. 6d.
    For indifferent work or bad conduct, 6 marks, 2s. 6d.