Report to the Inspector-General and Home Secretary: Rule612. (i) The Superintendent shall immediately report, by telegram, the occurrence of an escape or any other serious unusual event-, to the Inspector-General and the Home Secretary. (ii) A brief report of every escape shall be submitted to the Inspector-General police. The Superintendent shall conduct an enquiry as soon as after the occurrence as possible and shall forward a detailed report to the Inspector-General along with his findings. A copy of the judgment in the case of a prisoner tried for escape shall also be submitted to the Inspector-General. In the case of escapes not entirely due to negligence, but in part to some defect in the buildings or in the method of guarding, it is necessary to point out such defects clearly. (iii) A report of the recapture of a prisoner shall be made to the Inspector-General giving particulars of the date and circumstances of recapture and such additional details of the escape as may be elicited from the prisoner. (iv) Every attempt to escape, and the particulars in each case, shall be reported to the Inspector-General along with the descriptive roll of the prisoner. Alarm parades: Rule613. (i) The Superintendent shall hold a practice alarm parade once in three months [at least once in a month and where necessary more frequently at unspecified hours of the day without previous warning] uncertain times of the day, without previous warning. It should be started from any part of the prison where prisoners usually work. As an alarm may be raised at any time, it is important that staff and prisoners should not know whether it is merely for practice, and the same attention should be given to details on each occasion to accustom warders to the different circumstances which they may be called upon to deal and test their preparedness to turn out at short notice. Report of the alarm parades held shall be submitted to the Inspector General at the end of every quarter stating-therein the names of the defaulters and action taken against them. (ii) At least once in the year [once in each quarter] one alarm parade shall be held at night. Reward for recapture: Rule614. (i) Superintendent may recommend any person for grant of suitable reward by the Inspector-General after the consideration of all the circumstances for the recapture of any escaped prisoner. 211

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