Note on history tickets:
Rule619. A brief note shall be made on the history tickets of
all convicted prisoners recaptured after escape from prison. It
should state the date, the nature of escape, whether it was from
inside or outside the prison and if it was during the day or night.
Any other important facts relating to the escape, may also be noted.
Construction of the outer wall of a prison:
Rule620. (i) The outer wall of every prison shall be rounded
on top; cornices, projections of any sort or broken glass only afford
a hold for a blanket or cloth. At every junction of a partition wall
with the outer wall and at every angle in the outer wall, a sufficient
addition should be made to the height to prevent the possibility of
any prisoner scaling the walls at these places. The main wall of a
prison shall not ordinarily be less than 4 M.--86 Cm. in height a
clear space 4 M.-86 Cm. feet shall be left between it and any
building on either side of it.
(ii) The enclosure walls of barracks and cell blocks shall not
be less than 3M--5 Cm. in height.
Report of assaults of disturbance:
Certain prisoners not to be entrusted with knives etc:
Rule621. (i) A full report of every serious assault committed
by a prisoner as an officer of the prison and of every serious
disturbance or combined out break amongst prisoners shall be
submitted to the Inspector-General.
(ii) Prisoners of a sulky, morose or violent temper shall on no
account be entrusted with a knife or other implement which can be
used as a weapon of assault.
(iii) All locks in use in a prison shall be examined daily and
any lock found defective shall be put up before the Deputy
Superintendent who shall immediately replace it with a serviceable
one.
(iv) Even in case of a cognizable crime which is to form the
subject of police and magisterial enquiry and subsequently ends in
a criminal trial, the Superintendent shall at once conduct an
enquiry, and submit his report to the Inspector-General with special
reference to prison discipline and rules. If he finds that any officials
is at fault, he shall state how he proposes to deal with them.
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