5. Strict silence must be observed in the cells,
and no shouting or loud talking shall be
allowed in the Gaol yard.

6. No lights will be allowed in any of the cells.
All lights and fires in the Debtors’ room
must be extinguished at 8 o’clock p.m.

7. No visitot shall be allowed in the Gaol, or to
speak with prisoners, except by permission
of the Officer in charge, and some Officer
must be present at all interviews with
ptisonets unless otherwise ordered.

8. The prisoners shall rise at 6.30 o’clock a.m.
from April 1st to September 30th, and at 7
o’clock a.m. from October 1st to March 31,
and will be allowed half an hour to wash and
dress themselves. A Guard must be on the
balcony before the cells are opened.

9, The Gaoler may allow such prisoners as he
thinks fit to be out in the Gaol yard an hour
and a half in the morning and the same time
in the afternoon. On Sundays and holidays
all prisoners, except those in solitary
confinement, are to be allowed this privilege.

10. The Chain-gang shall leave the prison for
wotk at 7.30 o’clock in the summer time,
returning at 5.30 o’clock p.m.; and in the
winter time at 8 o’clock a.m., returning
before dark. One hour shall be allowed at
noon for dinnet.

11. All prisoners must obey the orders of any of
the prison officers. Those in the Chain-gang,
while outside the gaol, must obey the orders
of any of the guards.

12. The Gaoler may place such irons on any
prisoner, other than a debtor, as he may
deem necessary for the prevention of
escape, subject to the approval of the
Superintendent of Police. The Senior

Convict Guatd may refuse to allow prisoner
to go out in the Chain-gang until he is
ironed to his satisfaction, subject to approval
as above.

13, Prisoners’ irons must be examined daily,
those of the Chain-gang, on leaving for
work, by the Senior Convict Guard, and on
return by the officer in charge of the Gaol at
the time.

14. While the Chain-gang is outside the Gaol,
the Senior Guard shall have charge of the
guards and convicts.

15. The Assistant Gaolers and Guards, while
inside the Gaol, shall be under the orders of
the Gaoler or the officer in charge of the
Gaol at the time.

16.The Gaoler will be held responsible for the
good order, cleanliness, and neatness of the
prison,

17, Any prisoner who shall be proved guilty of
wilfully disobeying the orders of the officer
in charge of the Gaol, or of fighting in the
Gaol or Chain-gang, or of refusing to work,
ot of making an unnecessary noise in the
ptison, or of destroying clothing or other
property of the prison, or of refusing to
keep himself clean, or of refusing or
neglecting to clean his cell when necessary
ot when ordered to do so, or of breaking
any of the prison rules, may be punished by
order of the Superintendent of Police, or in
his absence, by order of any Police or
Stipendiary Magistrate, or of any Justice of
the Peace when there is no such Magistrate.

18.The punishment to be inflicted upon
prisoners for any disobedience of the prison
tules shall, not be other than the following:

Era of Punishment (1871-1949)

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