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Clothing.

18. Every prisoner on entering the gaol to be supplied with the following articles of clothing:—1 blue serge shirt or jacket, 2 pairs trousers, 2 cotton shirts, 1 pair boots, 1 rug, 1 pair blankets, 1 hat or cap, the whole of which shall be numbered with the prisoner’s number and marked (the outside clothing in a conspicuous manner) with the Government brand and the letters S.J.

19. If a prisoner shall be found to be wearing under clothing when brought to the gaol he shall be supplied with two flannel waistcoats in addition to the clothing above enumerated and the same shall be done in any other case on the recommendation of the medical officer attending the gaol.

Punishment Regulations.

20. Any prisoner,

I. Being insolent or threatening violence to any person whatsoever.

II. Injuring or destroying the property of the Government.

III. Or being guilty of any misconduct not provided against in those rules subversive of the peace, order, or good management of the gaol, shall be punishable by being placed in solitary confinement for any period not exceeding seven days, with in addition thereto (at the option of the acting Visiting Justice) a diminution of his rations, and in addition in case of any injury to or destruction of any property belonging to the Government or to any one else by a prisoner who shall have money or property in the hands of the gaoler such property may be wholly or partially forfeited by order of a Visiting Justice to repay such injury or destruction.

21. Any prisoner who shall be guilty of a repetition of any of the offences above mentioned, or who shall be guilty of any of the offences next hereinafter mentioned, that is to say:—

I. Attempting to escape.

II. Conniving at or concealing another prisoner attempting to escape.

III. Or assaulting any officer of the gaol shall in addition to any other punishment to which he may by law otherwise be sentenced be punishable by close confinement for any period not exceeding fourteen days and by diminished rations. Provided that if such confinement be solitary the terms and periods of such confinement shall not be longer nor at shorter intervals than those authorised by section X. of the “Secondary Punishment Act, 1854.”

22. Any prisoner who shall be guilty of a repetition of any of the offences immediately before mentioned, or who shall be guilty of any of the offences immediately hereinafter mentioned, that is to say:—

I. Mutiny or outbreak.

II. Assaulting an officer of the gaol with intent to do grievous bodily harm.

III. Setting on fire or attempting to set on fire the gaol buildings or other property, shall in addition to any punishment to which he may by law be otherwise sentenced be punishable by close confinement for any period not exceeding one calendar month and by diminished rations.

23. Complaints touching the above and all other offences committed by prisoners shall be heard and determined upon due proof upon oath by one or more of the Visiting Justices.

24. Every sentence of punishment, with the nature of the offence, shall be entered in the defaulters’ book, and signed by the Visiting Justice.

Attempts to Escape.

25. Every prisoner leaving his allotted place while at work with intent to escape, or otherwise making any attempt to escape, will render himself liable to be shot by the guard, or other person, in whose charge he may be, and every prisoner is hereby cautioned, that if he makes any such attempt, he does so at his own risk and peril.

26. Any prisoner attempting to escape, or threatening to escape, or who, having escaped, shall be recaptured, shall be put in irons for such time as the Visiting Justices shall direct.

Visiting and Letters.

27. No person shall be allowed to visit any prisoner except in presence of an officer of the Gaol; no visit shall exceed twenty minutes, and every visitor must have obtained an authority from the Superintendent, Sheriff, or Visiting Justice.

28. The friends of any convicted prisoner shall be allowed to visit such prisoner on Saturdays between the hours