from private sources approved by the Comptroller-General. No prisoner shall be permitted to receive more than 2 oz. of tobar.co each week unless approved by the Comptroller-General in accordance with these Regulations.
328. A prisoner held in custody during Her Majesty's Pleasure may be issued with 2 oz. of tobacco per week, either from the Prison or private sources approved by the Comptroller-General.
329. A prisoner who has not been convicted or who is held in custody awaiting trial, appeal, deportation or other determination of his case may be per·
mitted to purchase or aequire from private sources approved by the Comptroller·
General up to 2 oz. of tobacco each week.
330. Prisoners· employed as cooks, dairymen, piggerymen, sanitary men, prisoners employed on farms or other prisoners who work long hours or seven days each week in excess of reasonable requirements may each be granted at the discretion of the Comptroller-General of Prisons, an extra ounce of tobacco each week if it is considered that the nature of the work merits this indulgence.
331. In addition to the issue of tobacco, each prisoner receiving tobacco, may also be issued, at public expense, with one box of safety matches and one packet of cigarette papers for every two ounces of tobacco issued.
332. If any prisoner desires a pipe, he may acquire it at his own expense and be issued with suitable tobacco for pipe smoking, on the same scale as is issued to other prisoners.
333. In cases where a prisoner is serving a sentence of upwards of three months he may, on application in writing, be credited with an amount of money not exceeding the value of tobacco to which he would· have been eligible to receive.
334. Wax matches or matches of any other type likely to ignite, explode, or cause fire or corrosion shall not be issued or used in a prison.
335. If the Medical Officer considers it necessary for health reasons of any prisoner he may authorise the issue of an additional one ounce of tobacco weekly, but such an issue shall be reviewed at least monthly.
336. Female prisoners serving upwards of fourteen days' imprisonment and who smoke regularly, may be issued with one ounce of tobacco one packet gf cigarette papers and one box of safety matches each week.
337. Indulgences of tobacco, matches, and cigarette papers, shall not be issued to or retained by any prisoner in confinement or puniBhment.
338. Indulgences of tobacco, matches, and cigarettes shall not be issued to prisoners who do not work, if work is available for them.
339. Prisoners not in receipt of these indulgences for any reason shall not be issued with indulgences until the regula:r day of such issue unless authorised by the Comptroller-General or Superintendent.
340. On the birthday of the Sovereign and Christmas Day, prisoners who smoke may be granted an extra issue of tobacco, matches, and cigarette papers in accordance with the weekly scale applicable to them. Prisoners who do not smoko
~ay be issued with an indulgence of jam, syrup or other regular item of diet to the approximate comparative value.
344. Every prisoner who is disorderly and who commits a breach of Prison Regulations or who does not work shall not receive Gratuity for the day on which he is disorderly or does not work and shall have a disorderly mark recorded against him for every day on which he commits a breach of Prison Regulations. Every disorderly mark will be taken into account when he is considered for the granting of Remis&ion or payment of any Gratuity.
345. Gratuity shall normally be _paid to orderly and h1;dustrious prisoner~ on the basis of five days per week, but m cases where the reqmrements of the Pnson necessitate that certain prisoners shall work on the seven days per week, such prisoners shall be paid Gratuity on the basis of seven days per week, whilst working in those billets. These prisoners include cooks, butchers, medical orderlies, mess orderlies, kitchenmen, wardsmen, sweepers, clerks, dairymen, piggerymen, and sanitary men, and such other prisoners who work on more than five days each weel; as may be authorised to receive extra Gratuity by the Comptroller-General.
346. A prisoner sentenced to imprisonment for life shall not be entitled to the payment of any Gratuity during his sentence but should he be released from Prison, the Under Secretary may authorise payment to him of an amount of Gratuity not exceeding £100, to be calculated at the same rate as if he had been in receipt of Gratuity payments during his sentence.
347. Overtask marks may be granted in writing by the Comptroller-General to prisoners who may be required to work on seven days in each week in excess of reasonable working hours or to prisoners who are entrusted with important and exacting jobs above average in the Prison or whose skill at trade work is such as to merit reward above the average prisoner according to the nature and value of work performed, but no prisoner shall be granted more than six overtask marks per week.
Por the purpose of calculating Remission, twelve overtask marks shall entitle the recipient to one day's special Remission.
3·18. Any IJrisoner who by misconduct in a trusted position or billet and who, by reason of ::niscondnct in his position, is convicted of a breach of Prison Regulatiors therefor, shall forfeit the overtask marks to his credit and be removed from his position or billet. No prisoner shall be credited v.ith any Gratuity whilst locked up fo:r breach of Regulations.
349. Only prisoners who are of good conduct and industry shall be eligible for billet.s or trusted positions. Prisoners with lengthy criminal records shall not be gi·n:n .billets unless there are special circumstances which, in the opinion of the Comptroller-General or Superintendent, may justify such an appointment, but no prisoner of bad conduct in Prison, irrespective of record, shall be given a billet in Prison.
3<'i0. Gratnitic:J may be paid to all prisoners irrespective of class, and including habitual criminals, as follows:-
Per Working Day.
For the first 3 months of any sentence Nil.
After serving 5 months and up to 6 months of sentence 2d.
After serving 6 months and up to 12 months of sentence 4d.
After serving over 12 months of sentence 8d.
Prisoners serving sentences on State Farms shall be paid at the rate of Sd.
per working day for the period actually served on a State Farm: Provided that ir: accordance with section 42 of the Act, the Comptroller-General may authorise a
d~seretwnary payment not exceeding £2 to prisoners in indigent circumstances on d1sch:ngc,.
351. Overtask. marks shall not be granted to prisoners on State Farms where the provision of a special Regulation <.~alculating each mouth as twenty-eight days Rhall appiy, unless there are special circumstances which in the opinion of the Con1ptroller-General warrant the granting of overtask marks.
~52. A Rehabilitatio_n Grant. o~ ten shillings (lOs.) per month shall be paid on discharge to ~ach pn~oue_r ong1_n~lly sentenced to twelve months imprisonment or upw_ards. Tlus shall. be m a~d.Itloa to any Gratuity or other bonus and shall be subJect to the followmg conditions:--
(1) I_f a priw~wr_ has been once convicted f)f an indictable offence punishable either ou mdlCtmcnt or by summary conviction within the twelve months he may have been at large preceding the date of conviction for the sentence which he is pr;:sently serving, payment of 5s. per month only shall be made.
(2)
(3)
If a prisoner bas been convicted more than once of an indictable offence punishable either on indictment or by summary conviction within two years he may have been at large preceding this date of conviction for the sentence which he ie presently serving, he shall not be entitled to any payment of Rehabilitation Grant.
A prisoner shall not be permitted to draw on or expend any money from his Rehabilitation Grant except by permission of the Comptroller-General.
Such permission shall only be given if the expenditure is considered necessary in t_he interests of or for the purpose of the Rehabilitation of the Prisoner.
(4) If any prisoner who is eligible to receive the Grant is convicted of a minor offence against the Act or Regulations, he shall forfeit the Grant for that one calendar month.
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
If any prisoner who is eligible to receive the Grant is convicted of three minor offences against the Act or Regulations on three separate occasions within twelve months he shall forfeit the whole of his entitle- ment for twelve months.
If a prisoner is convicted of a major offence against the Act or of any serious breach of discipline where the major element of the offence is an opposition to lawful authority of the Prison, he shall forfeit his entitlement to the whole of the Grant accrued to the date of the offence.
Any prisoner who escapes or attempts to escape from Prison or who organises or takes part in any stoppage of work or is connected with any form of trafficking, shall, on conviction, forfeit the whole of his entitlement to the Grant accrued to the date of the offence.
For the purpose of ca.lcuiating the amount of Grant, if any, to be paid to a prisoner who escapes and is recaptured and who commits any indictable offence, punishable on indictment or by summary jurisdiction whilst he is at large, the convictions previously recorded against the prisoner prior to his escape shall be taken into consideration when determining the amount of Grant, to whieh he may be entitled, and if any Grant is then due to the prisoner, it shall commenee as from the date of conviction for offences which may have been committed while the prisoner was at large. ·
353. No prisoner who has received ihe maximum amount of Rehabilitation Grant of lOs. per month and the subsequent Grant of 5s. par month shall become entitled to reeeive the Grant again, irrespective of the period he may have been out of Prir.on in the interim.
354. For the purpose~ of assessing the amount of Grant, all recorded Mnvictions for any indictable offence, irrespective of where they may have been incurred shall be taken into considera.tiOl!·
355. A prisoner sentenced to imprisonment for life may be credited with the amount of ~ehabilitation Grant, not exceeding the sum of £50, according to the scale to Which he may be entitled, but no payment of this Grant shall be made unless the prisoner be released from Prison.
356. 'l'he earnings or bonus of any prisoner over and above the sum of two pounds, may, in the discretion of the Comptroller-General be applied as follows:-
(a) In repayment to the State Children Department of any amount of money expended for the maintenance and support of his children during his detention.
(b) In satisfaction of costs to the Crown on any appeal or question of Law raised by the prisoner.
(c) In satisfaction or expenses and costs involved in the search for and/or re-arrest of a prisoner after v.scape.
(d) Towards supplying per~onal needs of any prisoner.
(e) In sati?faction of any maintenance order either wholly or in part against any pnsoner for the maintenance of his wife or children.