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Discipline and daily routine:
Time of un-locking and lock-up:
Rule 656. Prisoners, other than those ordered or required to be
confined in cells by day and night, shall unlocked and removed
from their sleeping barracks, cells and other places half an hour
before sunrise. In the evening they .shall be placed in their proper
sleeping barracks and cells and locked up for the night before
sunset.
Discipline and movements of prisoners:
Rule 657. Prisoners shall be kept and shall remain under strict
order, discipline and control both by day and night. All movements
of prisoners shall be conducted in an orderly and regular manner,
under strict control.
Power of Inspector-General to issue directions:
Rule 658. The Inspector-General may, in his direction, from
time to time, issue detailed instructions as to the manner in which
the order discipline and control are to be maintained.
Prisoners to obey lawful orders:
Rule 659. Every prisoner shall obey every lawful order issued
to him by an officer of the prison.
Unlocking of prisoners:
Rule 660. One hour before sunrise the bugler shall sound the
reveille, and the prisoners shall rise as soon as it is sounded. They
shall arrange their bedding and spare clothing neatly on their
sleeping berths and shall then sit there and counted by the convict
officers. On the arrival of the Deputy-Superintendent or Assistant
Superintendent and warders, each barrack shall be unlocked; the
prisoners marched in pairs and counted by the day head warder.
The officer detailed for this duty shall verify the number of
prisoners counted out of each barrack by comparison with the
entries in the lock-up register. When the prisoners have been
counted and the Deputy Superintendent has satisfied himself that
the number of prisoners unlocked is correct, the night duty warders
shall be marched out of the prison. The completion of unlocking
shall be announced by the bugle call.
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