PHOTOGRAPHING OF PRISONERS OR PARTS OF A PRISON.
280. Prisoners shall be liable to be photographed, :finger printed, palm printed or foot printed by Police Officers or Prison Officers, as required but any photograph, finger print, palm print or foot print so taken, shall net be used or supplied to any person except for official purposes of the State.
281. Any photograph of any prisoner or area or thing inside a Prison, which has been taken by authority under the A£t shall not be published until it is submitted to and approved for publication by the Minister or the Comptroller- General.
PART XVL
PROHIBITED AND DANGEROUS ARTICLES.
282. No article of any kind which could be a danger to any officer or prisoner or which may be used to facilitate the escape of any prisoner shall be allowad into the Prison or allowed to remain in the Prison, unless the authority of the S11perintendent is :first obtained and then it shall be under supervision at all tim..es until it has oeen removed from the Prison.
283. Firearms shall not be permitted in the Prison except in those cases where they may be required for use by officers on duty.
284. In order to prevent the introduction of any articles or :firearms, referred to in the previous paragraph, into any prison, all persons entering the Prison shall be liable to be searched, except the following:-
(1) Members of the Judiciary.
(2) Ministers of the Crown.
(3) Members of the Legislative AEsembly.
(4) Stipendiary Magistrates and Officials of the Court who may accompany them.
(5) Medical Officers or other professional men who visit the Prison to perform professional work for the Prison.
(6) Members of the Police Force.
(7) Visiting Justice.
(8) Crown employees in the performance of their official duties.
285. Police Officers carrying :firearms, or others who carry :firearms in the course of their duty, shall, unless otherwise approved by the Comptroller-General or Superintendent, hand their firearms to the Gate Officer before entering the Prison and will receive them from the Gate Officer on leaving the Prison.
PART XVll.
VISITS TO PRISONERS AND THE PRISON.
286. A book designated "The Visitors' Book" shall be kept at every Prison in which the Comptroller-General, Medical Officer, Visiting Ju~tice, visiting officials, Officers :not employed in the Prison, and all other visitors shall enter their names before entering the Prison.
287. All persons e::tcept Ministers of the Crown, members of the Judiciary, Stipendiary Magistrates, Medical Officers to the Prison, Visiting Justice, and Crown employees on official business, who desire to visit a prisoner shall obtain a permit in writing so to do from the Comptroller-General or, m the absence of the Comptroller-General, the Superintendent of the particular Prison.
288. No person shall be allowed to go through the workshops, cells, yards, or any part of the buildings of the Prison unless authorised by the Comptroller·
General.
289. All visits to prisoners shall be taken in places specially set aside for the purpose and an officer shall be present aJ!d hear all conversation between the prisoner and his visitors. Personal and family matters only and matters concerning a prisoner's case may be discussed. No discussion shall be permitted on matters affecting th<a Prison or its administration, general news of the day or other prisoners.
290. All conversations shall where practicable, be held in the English language, but in the eases of prisoners or visitors being unable to speak English, the Superintendent may use his discretion as to the choice of language.
291. The maximum number of persons permitted to visit a prisoner at any one time shall not e::tceed five. Children are not recorded as visitors.
292. When any member of the Legislature visits a prisoner, the prisoner shall be brought into the Office of the Superintendent and the interview shall take place there in the presence of an officer if this be necessary.
293. Chaplains who visit prisoners shall be afforded reasonable privacy of conversation but shall be in view of an offic~r.
294. Legal representatives of prisoners shall be afforded opportunity to inter·
view their clients out of hearing of an officer but not out of sight. They shall be permitted to visit their clients between 9.30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on any week day.
Social and Welfare Officers may be permitted to visit prisoners within the Prison but under supervision of officers.
295. In eases of psychiatristD, psychologists, and other specialised personnel, who require to interview prisoners for official purposes all privacy and quietness shall be provided consistent with the safety of the persons concerned and the security of the Prison.
296. The time of an ordinary visit shall be twenty (20) minutes in a closed prison and one hour on a State Farm, but the Superintendent may permit an extension of time H he considers it justified and provided no interference is caused to the management of the Prison.
297. P~isoners shall not be permitted to receive more than one group of visitors on any one day unless approved by the Comptroller-General or Superintedent.
298. Visits shall. be permitt_ed generally between 9.30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on week days. No visits shall be permitted in closed Prisons on Sundays, Christmas Day, Good Friday, Anzac Day, or other closed holidays, unless approved by the Comptr.oller-General or Superintendent.
299. Visits shall be permitted on State Farms on Sundays only between 9.30 a.m. and 4 p m. unless otherwise approved by the Comptroller-General or Superintendent.
300. Prisoners of Classes A, B, C, and K may receive visits on reception and from near relatives weekly thereafter. Friends may be p13rmitted to visit them fortnightly.
30~. Prisoners of Class D, if they have not been convicted prior to the offence :f'or l!h1ch they are presently serving a sentence, may receive similar privileges to pnsoners of Classes A, B, and C.
302. Prisoners of Class D, who have been convicted previously may receive a visit from near relatives ou :reception and fortnightly thereafter. Friends may be permitted to visit monthly.
303. Prisoners of Classes E, F, and I, who have not been convicted previously, may receive the same privilege as regards visits as prisoners of Classes A, B, and C.
304. Prisoners of Classes E, F, and I, who have been convicted previously may receive visits from near relatives on reception and fortnightly thereafter.
Friends may visit monthly.
305. Prisoners of Classes G and H may receive visits from near relatives on reception and monthly thereafter. Friends may visit every two months.
306. Prisoners of Class J may receive visits in accordance with their previous criminal history on the same basis as prisoners of Class D provided that if the Comptroller-General or Medical Officer considers it advisable in the interest :>f the mental state of the prisoner, visits may be permitted more freque:1tly but not more frequently than visits to prisoners of Classes A, B, and C.
307. Prisoners serving sentences on State Farms may receive visitors weekly ir:respeetive of previous history, unless otherwise directed by the Comptroller-General, when the Regulations regarding visits generally shall apply.
308. Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, persons who have been convicted or served a sentence in Prison or others of known bad character, shall not be eligible as visitors, unless, from the nature of their business with the prisoner, the Comptroller-General considers it desirable to admit them.
309. Although permission may have been granted by the Comptroller-General for a person to visit a prisoner, if the Superintendent is aware of any reason why the person so permitted should not be allowed to visit the prisoner, he shall defer acting upon the permission until he has reported his objection for consideration by the Comptroller-General.
310. No person who is, or !!.ppears to be, under the influence of liquor or who uses obscene, insulting or abusive language, is to be permitted to visit a prisoner even if such peraon has written authority to do so. •
311. Any visitor whose conduct is not d&eorous during his visit sha'il be removed from the Prison.
312. The Officer in Charge of a Police District, City, or Town where there is a Prison or Police Gaol, and where the Superintendent thereof is a member of the Police Foree, may enter any such Prison or Police Gaol at any time to interview any prisoner or for any other cause.
313. No visitor shall be allowed to give or supply any tobacco, liquor, food- stuffs, or other artiele to any prisoner on a~y visit.
314. 'rhe Comptroller-General may, in his discretion, allow more frequent visits than specified, provided the prisoner is not in receipt of regular visits from other persons, if tttere are special drcumstances or if the nature of the business to be discussed is such that it is desirable to allow more frequent visits.
315. In cases where a prisoner may not desire to avail himself of the privileges of all visits due to him, he may with approval of the Comptroller-General sub- stitute outward letters for visits. An outward letter from a prisoner shall be considered of equal privilege as a visit to him ancl vice versa.
PART XVIII.
RATIONS AND INDULGENCES-FOOD AND TOBACCO.
_316. The scale of rations issued to prisoners shall be that prescribed by the .Medwal Officer and . approved by the Governor in Council, and shall conform generally to the basic food requirements of an average man on manual labour with <lu'e regard for the Vitamin, mineral and calory content.
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0 STANDARD DIET SCALE FOR ADULT MAI.E PRISOl<ERS ON ACTIVE WORK-ALSO REMAND PRISONERS. NoN-WORKING MALES FouR-FIFTHS OJl' STANDARD.1::1 ~~ o:...,.
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Prot.eln. Fat. Carbo-Calories. Calcium IEO!l Thiamin VItamin C VItamin A--
Amount. hydrates. Mg. Mg. Mg. Mg. I.U.0~ 1::1 0 -Y't-3
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Bread • • • 0 0. J 6 oz. 1·3 ·08I
8·6 I,090 104 4·2 l·I6..
00 Oatmeal or Cerevite 0. 2 oz. ·25 ·17 1·5 231 32 2·3 ·3 0 0 00 Meat (Boneless) 0 0 • 0 12 oz. I·7 2·22 0 0 780 20 I I2·0 ·6..
150 Cheese (Cheddar) 0 0 • 0 I oz. ·25 ·35 0. 120 270 ·I 0 0 0 0 500 Syrup or Treacie • 0 0 0 I! oz. 0 0..
I·2 I38 I5 ·6 '0. .
0 0 Sugar 0 0 0. 0 0 2 oz. 0 0 0 0 2 232 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Milk ....
• 0..
t pt. ·22 ·25 ·33 125 227 ·1 ·07 3 333 Margarine or Dripping 0 0 1 oz. 0 0 ·98 0 0 262 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 Yegeta.bles- Pota.t.oes (English or Sweet) 6 oz. ·IO 00 I·2 150 12 ·I 1·0 36 50 Pumpkin or Carrots 0 0 4 oz. 0 0 0 0 ·1 ·I7 50 ·4 0 0 0 0 I,OOO Cabb!l.ge (or other greens) 2 oz. as &VIJ,ilableTotal!~
oz., with greens Kitchen Issue--l::lp..
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Flour 0 0 • 0 0. 1 oz. ·10..
0·69 81 0. 0 0 00 0 0..
!>!> 1::1 Dried Peas, Barley • 0 2/7 oz. ·06..
·16 26 0 0 0 0.. . . ..
p.. Sago, Rice, Macaroni • 0 I oz. ·6. .
·01 106 1 ·12. . .. . .
<> 0 Curry Powder., Herbs, &c. as required Tee...
• 0..
0 • t oz. Puddin gsTwiceW eekly1::1 f!l, ~ co 1::1
....
~ Total.. . .
4·58 oz. 4·06 oz. 16·58 oz. 1 3,358 731 19·9 3·13 39 2,033 or or orI
129 gm. 113 gro. 468 gro. i....
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0 1::1 ll!>I
1:11 0' ~ e.g(1) Total Calories, 3,358; Less 10 per cent wastage, 3,023. Standard requirements for adult male on active work is 3,000 calories.
(2) Above ration scale is balanced and contains the necessary accessory food factors. (Minerals and Vitamins, &e.)
(3) Working Female Prisoners-four-fifths of above scale; Non-workers- three-quarters of above scale.
(4) Special Diets (Diabetic: Ulcer, &e.) as prescribed by Medical Officer.
( 5) Punishment Diet-half rations or bread and water as ordered.
(6) Indulgences (after 6 months' good behaviour):- Jam in lieu of syrup
Margarine in lieu of dripping
2 eggs weekly in lieu of half meat ration (1 day)
(7) Prisoners should not have food sent in unless it is to replace similar quantities of similar food!l already allowed e.g. special jam in lieu of routine issue, processed cereals in lieu of porridge, &e.
318. Additional food parcels to the retail value not exceeding three poand11 or such cost as the Minister may from time to time determine may be purchased by prisoners in a closed Prison from their private money twice yearly, on the Birthday of the Sovereign and Christmastide, but only such articles may be purchased as will substitute for regular items of diet.
319. Prisoners of other than Chrbtian faith shall be supplied with suitable diet; as approved by the Medical Officer and which is compatible with their religious beliefs. They shall also be allowed, where practicable, to practice their religious customs.
320. Ordinary diets may be varied by the Comptroller-General or Super·
intendent l>n Christmas Day and the Birthday of the Sovereign by the substitution of another variety of the same amount of meat as is ordinarily issued. Fish shall be provided, where practicable, on Good I'riday in lieu of meat. Fish of equivalent monetary value and weight may be substituted for meat at any time.
321. On State Farms prisoners may be permitted to receive parcels fNm relatives and friends or purchase same from private cash to the same value as appro'!<·ed in closed Prisons, and at the same time. The same rules shall apply as to the items of foodstuffs which may be supplied.
322. Small food parcels, supplied gratuitously from Religious or charitable Organisations, may be received by prisoners o.t Christmastide or other festival times at the discretion of the Comptroller-General.
323. Preparation and serving of meals shall, where practicable, be under the supervision of :m officer who shall be responsible for the eeonombal use of food·
stuffs and best preparation of meals.
324. Prisoners serving sentences on State Farm:s, irrespective of length of sentence, shall be placed on the ration and indulgences due to u pr:soner after having served a sentence of six months. The Comptroller-General may, in his discretion, authorise an additional issue of meat or cheese, not exceeding 4 oz.
to each prisoner daily, and tea and sugar or jam to prisoners engaged on heavy work such as cane cutting, timber cutting, scrub falling, or similar heavy work, but this shall only be granted whilst the men are actively engaged on hewy work.
325. Tobacco may be issued to prisoners as an indulgence at public expense on the following basis, which shall not, unless approved by the Comptroller-General, exceed 2 oz. per week for each prisoner.
326. A prisoner who has completed three months of his eentence may receive two ounces of tobacco each week at public expense or from private sources approved
by the Comptroller-General for the remainder of his sentence.
327. A prisoner serving a seutence of upwards of fourteen days may be issued with one ounce of tobacco each week after the first fourteen days and for the first three months of sentence, provided that such prisoner may be permitted to supplement this issue to the extent of an additional ounce of tobacco each week
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.