Rules for prison infirmary dispenser.

Prison rules.

Papo Street, for the temporary detention or custody of prisoners newly apprehended or under remand, or awaiting trial;

And I do hereby also declare that the said lock-up houses form part of the said Prison of Lagos.

21st day of August, 1891.

1. The Dispenser shall be subject to the orders of the Medical Officer who shall instruct him and direct and supervise his work.

2. He shall reside in the Prison and shall attend in the infirmary from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. with an interval of three hours from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. He shall not at any time be absent from the prison without the permission in writing of the Medical Officer and if so absent he shall leave word with the gate keeper where he is to be found.

3. He shall be responsible for the correct dispensing of all prescriptions, for the proper dressing of all surgical cases which he may be directed to dress and for the care of all medicines, medical stores, and surgical instruments and appliances in the infirmary.

4. He shall not dispense any medicament or issue any drug of any kind except upon the order of the Medical Officer.

5. He shall have all urgent cases removed to the infirmary and shall send word at once to the Medical Officer.

6. He shall see that the meals of the prisoners who have been admitted to the infirmary are served at the proper hours, and that each patient receives the diet, medicine and appliances ordered by the Medical Officer.

7. He shall act as a nurse, and shall be bound, as far as they are applicable, by the rules issued for the guidance of nurses in the public hospital.

8. He shall submit daily to the Medical Officer when he visits the prison a report containing the names of those in the infirmary and of those who desire to see the Medical Officer or who appear to him to be out of health.

9. He shall be responsible for the keeping of all the books in use in the infirmary with the exception of those directed to be kept by some other Officer; and he shall prepare the requisitions for all supplies which may be needed in the infirmary.

9th day of April, 1897.

Whereas it is provided by Ordinance No. 9 of 1876, that it shall Introduction be lawful for the Governor in Council to draw up prison regulations

respecting the good government of prisons as regards matters not of mark provided for or not fully provided for by the said Ordinance :

Now, therefore, I, George Chardin Denton, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Acting Governor of the Colony of Lagos, by and with the advice of the Executive Council of the said Colony, do order, and it is hereby ordered as follows:

The following Rules shall come into operation on the first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

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MARK SYSTEM.

RULES.

1. Every Convict sentenced to penal servitude or imprisonment for two years or upwards shall have his time of detention represented by a certain number of marks, and if, in accordance with these rules, he shall by hard and steady labour earn that number of marks before the expiration of the term for which he is sentenced, he may thereupon be released if the Governor shall so order.

2. Every Convict may earn a remission of one-fourth part of his sentence.

3. No marks will be granted for conduct (except as hereinafter provided), as it is only on condition of good conduct and strict obedience that Convicts are allowed to earn any remission of

sentence.

4. If a Convict's conduct is bad, he will be liable to be fined by the Sheriff a certain number of marks according to the nature and degree of the offence, and will thus lose by his misconduct the whole or portion of the remission he may have gained by his industry.

This rule does not affect the power of the Sheriff to punish by other legal means, as an alternative or in addition to the forfeiture of marks, and the Sheriff's power to fine Convicts for any offence is restricted to 720 marks representing a remission of three months.

5. The Scale of marks shall be as follows:

6. No marks shall be granted for the first three months, which period is passed by the Convict on probation upon hard labour of the first class within the Prison walls; marks are therefore to be calculated at the rate of six per diem as commencing three months from the date of conviction.

If a Convict's period of probation is extended, 6 marks for every day will be awarded to him during the period of such extension.

7. If by hard and steady labour a Convict gains 8 marks every day and loses none for misconduct, he may receive a remission of one fourth part of his sentence and a proportionate remission for any less number of marks, provided he earns more than an average number of six marks a day.

8. Convicts on light labour shall only be able to earn seven marks at the most, unless specially otherwise ordered by the Sheriff, who shall give special attention to cases in which Prisoners are losing marks by being kept upon light labour.

9. Convicts undergoing punishment for Prison offences shall receive only six marks a day during the period of such punishment.

10. Convicts in hospital shall receive only six marks a day, unless otherwise ordered by the Sheriff.

11. On Sundays and other non-working days, marks must be given for conduct.

12. Convicts who have been convicted a second time will not be allowed to earn any remission of sentence during the first year of such imprisonment, but if their conduct and industry during such first year be approved by the Sheriff, they may be allowed, at the expiration of such period, to earn a remission of the fourth or a less part of their remaining sentence on the same terms as other Convicts.

13. Convicts who have been convicted for a third time or more will not be allowed to earn any remission of sentence.

14. Convicts who by misconduct have forfeited the whole of their remission, will be liable to be kept in separate confinement during the last month of their sentence.

15. Whenever any Convict shall have gained a remission of any part of his sentence, the Sheriff shall at once report the same to the Colonial Secretary for the Governor's directions.

16. The Register of marks shall be kept by the Chief Warder.

17. The marks shall be awarded by the Officer in charge of each working gang and entered by him in his gang book at the end of each day's work. The Officer will, on his return to the Prison, hand in his record of marks for the day to the Chief Warder, who will file the same and enter the marks in the Register on the

following morning. The Hospital Dresser shall also keep a record of marks, which he shall hand in daily to the Chief Warder.

18. The Sheriff shall enter in each Convict's record sheet any forfeiture of marks he may inflict, and the Chief Warder shall exercise great care in transferring the same to the Marks Register.

19. The Sheriff shall carefully inspect and initial the Register of Marks once a week.

20. No Officer shall be appointed to take charge of a working gang until the Sheriff is satisfied that he thoroughly understands the system of marking.

21. It shall be the duty of the Keeper of the Prison to take every means of seeing that the Officers award the marks fairly, and he shall frequently explain the system to them and shall be responsible for their understanding their duty in this respect.

22. Any case of an Officer not executing this duty efficiently shall be at once reported to the Keeper of the Prison, who shall report accordingly to the Sheriff.

23. Any Convict shall be allowed a reasonable time to have his mark sheet explained to him, and the whole system generally shall be explained to all the Convicts by the Keeper of the Prison or Sheriff at least once a month.

24. Convicts who have earned a remission of sentence will be allowed a gratuity, calculated at the rate of one penny for every hundred marks earned, which shall be paid to them on their release.

25. The Sheriff shall inspect the mark sheets at the end of every twelve months with a view of forming a "Special Class" to consist of those Convicts who have obtained the highest possible number of marks during such period. A Convict so placed and continuing in the "Special Class" shall wear a blue stripe across the right sleeve of his jumper, an additional stripe being added for each full year passed in the said "Special Class," and shall be entitled to receive one extra visit of half an hour's duration during each three months, and shall be eligible for an extra gratuity upon his release, to be calculated according to the proportion of his sentence passed in the "Special Class," such extra gratuity not to exceed 108.

26. The attention of the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriffs is directed to the importance of paying constant attention to the details of this system, and the utmost care must be used in awarding and recording the marks gained by Convicts. It is essential that Con

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victs should have confidence in the fairness and accuracy of the working of the system.

Declaration of prison at Leckie.

19th day of July, 1897.

Whereas by the Prisons Ordinance, 1876, it is amongst other things enacted, that the Governor in Council may, by order published in the Gazette, declare any buildings within the limits in the said Ordinance stated, to be a prison under the said Ordinance, and by the same or any subsequent order, declare the province, district or place for which any such building shall be used for the purposes of a prison, and that every prison shall include any lockup house or place of security which may be sanctioned by any order as aforesaid, for the temporary detention or custody of prisoners newly apprehended or under remand, or awaiting trial, and be in such order declared to form a part of such prison.

Now, the Governor, by and with the advice of the Executive Council, and by virtue of the authority committed to him by the said recited Ordinance, doth order and it is hereby ordered, that the following premises at the district hereinafter mentioned shall be a prison under the said Ordinance, viz.: All that building or tenement situate at Leckie in the Eastern District of the Colony of Lagos and known as the New Lock-up (with the Court yard and all the out-buildings within the curtilage of the same).

And it is also ordered, that the said premises may at all times be used as places of temporary detention or custody of prisoners in transit in any direction to or from other districts.

Declaration of prison at Shagamu.

20th day of September, 1898.

Whereas under and by virtue of the Prisons Ordinance, 1876, the Governor in Council may by order published in the Government Gazette declare any building within the Colony or Protectorate of Lagos to be a prison under the said Ordinance, and by the same or any other Order, declare the province, district, or place for which any such building shall be used for the purposes of a prison:

Now therefore, I, George Chardin Denton, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Acting Governor of the Colony of Lagos, by and with the advice of the Executive Council, do hereby declare that the eight cells situate in the East side of the passage intersecting the building known as the New Prison situate at Shagamu in the Ikorodu District, shall be a prison under the said Ordinance.

And I do further declare that the said cells shall be used as a prison for the Town and Country of Shagamu part of the said Ikorodu District.