General regulations for the management and discipline of state inebriate reformatories : under the provisions of the statute 61 & 62 Vict., cap. 60 / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty.

Date:
1901
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: General regulations for the management and discipline of state inebriate reformatories : under the provisions of the statute 61 & 62 Vict., cap. 60 / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Medical certificates. Use of: restraints. Subordinate officers. Preference given to total abstainers. General duties of officers. Application of geueral prison rules. 69. Dietary punishment shall not be inflicted on any inmate, nor shall he he placed in close confinement, unless the medical officer has certified that the inmate is in a fit condition of health to undergo the punishment. 70. (1.) No inmate shall be put under mechanical restraint by the governor except in case of urgent necessity, and when neces- sary for the purposes of restraint, and the particulars of every case shall be forthwith entered in the governor’s journal and reported to the Commissioners. (2.) Means of restraint shall be limited to the strait waistcoat of such pattern, and shall be applied under such conditions, as may be approved by the Secretary of State. (3.) No inmate shall be put under restraint as a punishment. ATTENDANTS. 71. The subordinate officers shall be called attendants. They shall, in respect to all the conditions of their office, be subject to the same rules and regulations as prison officers under the Prison Acts. 72. In the selection of attendants, preference shall be given to total abstainers from intoxicating drinks. Attendants will be discouraged from the use of spirituous or intoxicating liquors while in the service of the Reformatory. 73. It is the duty of all officers and attendants to treat inmates with kindness and humanity, to listen patiently to and report their complaints or grievances, at the same time being firm in maintaining order and discipline, and enforcing complete observ- ance of the regulations of the Reformatory. The great object of reclamation should always be kept in view by all officers, and they should strive to acquire a moral influence over the inmates by performing their duties conscientiously, but without harsh- ness. They should especially try to raise the inmates’ minds to a proper feeling of moral obligation, by the example of their own uniform regard to truth and integrity, even in the smallest matters. 74. The general rules for the government of prisons, under the Prison Acts, shall apply to State Inebriate Reformatories, and to inmates thereof, except so far as they are inconsistent with the foregoing regulations, and the Inebriates Act, 1898. DIETS. Diets. 75. The diets for inmates of a State Inebriate Reformatory shall be as laid down in the Appendix marked “ A.”