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.
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