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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 65

Escort Duty.

118. Officers, when required to do so, shall perform escort duties.

119. In despatching officers upon escort duty the Controlling Officer shall decide whether they are to be armed or not.

120. Officers on escort duty shall not permit their prisoners to communicate with the public. They are not to drink intoxicating liquors, nor permit their prisoners to do so, and shall not enter any hotel unless upon strong necessity.

121. Warder Instructors and officers holding higher rank than Acting Principal Warder are not to be employed on escort duties unless there are special reasons which necessitate their performing such duties.

Warder Instructors.

122. Warder Instructors shall be selected as vacancies occur from applicants for employment in the Prison service or from suitable officers already in the Prison service who are skilled in professions, trades, industries, or occupations, and in such other manner as may be prescribed from time to time by the Commissioner.

123. They shall be exempt from the requirements of Regulation 159 in regard to age and height, and of Regulation 167 in regard to the passing of an examination before being appointed to the permanent staff.

124. They shall carry out such duties in connection with the general routine of the prisons as are required by the general orders.

125. Officers appointed as Warder Instructors shall not be eligible for appointment as warders or for promotion beyond their original rank unless they conform in every respect to the requirements of Regulations 159, 167, 169, and 170, and are specially recommended for transfer to the general staff.

126. It is the special duty of Warder Instructors to see that the prisoners are diligent at their work, and they are also to keep accurately the daily records of industry.

127. They are responsible for the amount and character of the work done, and also for the condition of all tools, machinery, implements, material, buildings, and property of which they have the charge.

128. They shall carefully instruct the prisoners in their work, and are expected to suggest any improvements or alterations that they believe will tend to promote the efficiency of the department over which they have charge or in which they are engaged.

129. They shall encourage individual industry and ingenuity on the part of the prisoners.

130. Any loss, damage, or unfitness of any property shall be immediately reported to the Controlling Officer by the Warder Instructor having the charge of such property.

Superintendents of Prisons for Women.

131. In prisons for women the powers and duties of Superintendents shall be similar in every respect to those laid down in these regulations for "Controlling Officer," except where such powers and duties are inapplicable to the prisons under the control of such Superintendents.

Matrons of Female Divisions of Prisons.

132. The Matron shall, unless otherwise directed, reside in the prison, and shall have the care and superintendence of the female division thereof. The keys of the wards, cells, and yards occupied by females shall be in her custody.

133. She shall, as far as practicable, visit and inspect every part of the prison occupied by female prisoners, and shall see every female prisoner frequently in every twenty-four hours; and in default of such daily visits and inspection shall state in her Journal how far she has omitted them and the cause thereof. She shall at least once during each week go through such part of the prison at an uncertain hour of the night, which visit, with the hour and the state of such part of the prison at the time, shall be recorded in her Journal.

134. She shall not be absent from the prison for a night without the permission in writing of the Controlling Officer.

135. In all cases before leaving the prison the Matron shall make over the keys and charge of the female department to the Assistant Matron or other female officer as the Gaoler may appoint when there is no Assistant Matron.

136. She shall keep a Journal in which she shall record all occurrences of importance within her department, and all punishments of female prisoners. She shall submit this Journal to the Controlling Officer daily, and to the Controller-General and Inspectors when they visit.

137. She shall take care that no male officer or visitor enters the division of the prison allotted to females unless accompanied by herself or some other female officer.

The Medical Officer.

138. The Medical Officer shall visit the prison once a week, and oftener if necessary.

139. He shall examine every prisoner as soon after admission as possible, and shall enter in his Journal the name of the prisoner examined, a record of his state of health, what labour he is fit for, and any remarks that he may deem it expedient to add.

140. He shall enter day by day, in his Journal, to be kept in the prison, an account of the state of every sick prisoner, the name of his disease, a description of the medicines and diet, and any other treatment which he may order for such prisoner.