CHAPTER-24
Escapes and cut-breaks
Provisions for raising an alarm:
Rule592. The main gate of every prison shall be provided with
a bell or gong or siren with which to raise alarm. A bugler shall be
entertained as a warder and he shall remain present near the main
gate at all times. When prisoners are working in large numbers
either inside or outside the prison, at a point so distant that a
warder's whistle sounded at such place cannot be heard by the main
gate sentry or the gatekeeper, a gong or other reconverted means of
rapidly conveying information of any untoward occurrence shall be
provided.
Steps to be taken in the event of escapes or out-breaks:
Rule593. Immediately a prisoner is found to be missing or
making an attempt to escape or any other disturbance taking place
or appearing imminent, it is the duty of the officer, who first
notices the incident, to blow his whistle continuously. He shall
continue to blow his whistle and every officer hearing the whistle
shall blow his own whistle and continue blowing it till the
continuous sounding of the alarm bell, siren or bugle at the main
gate shows that the information has reached there. The gate sentry
on hearing the whistle, or a bell or gong sounding the alarm in any
part of the prison or its neighborhood, shall repeat the alarm by
continuously sounding the bell, siren or gong till the whole
establishment is thoroughly alerted. The bugler shall also sound the
alarm on his bugle.
Duty of gate-keeper:
Rule594. The gate-keeper shall, as soon as he hears the
whistle blow continuously or receives information of any prisoner
having escaped or attempting to escape or of an out-break or
disturbance having taken place or being imminent, order the sentry
to sound an alarm, and shall sent immediate information to the
Deputy Superintendent and the Superintendent.
Duty of sentry:
Rule595. The sentry at the main gate shall sound the alarm by
loudly ringing the alarm bell when ordered to do so by the gatekeeper or on his own initiative if he has reason to believe that an
outbreak or disturbance, an escape or an attempt to escape is
occurring or is about to occur.
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