The English Prison SystemRuggles-Brise, Evelyn, Sir
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The English Prison System
Ruggles-Brise, Evelyn, Sir
Prisons -- Great Britain
8. They may also be specially selected for the duties of monitors,
and will assist in the administration of the Establishment in various
capacities, and will be known as the "Star Special" Grade.
9. The Visiting Committee shall consist of not less than six persons
appointed by the Secretary of State. They shall hold office for such
period not exceeding three years as may be fixed by the Secretary of
State. They may exercise all such powers as are given to the Visiting
Committees by the rules for the Government of Local Prisons made under
the Prison Act, 1898.
10. As soon as any person is sentenced to detention in a Borstal
Institution, arrangements shall be made for his removal thither, and
until such arrangements can be made, he will be specially located and
segregated in the prison of the district whence he was committed,
and be subject to the Prison Rules for offenders sentenced to
imprisonment without hard labour: provided that where, owing to lack
of accommodation in the Borstal Institutions, immediate arrangements
cannot be made for the removal of any person so sentenced to any
Borstal Institution, the Prison Commissioners may temporarily locate
such person in a prison where training similar to that given in Borstal
Institutions is being given to a class of Juvenile-Adult prisoners;
and any person so located shall not be allowed to associate with any
prisoners except members of the Juvenile-Adult class, and shall be
removed to a Borstal Institution as soon as accommodation is available.
11. Gratuities shall be placed to the credit of inmates, and shall be
expended in assisting them on discharge.
12. When the Institution Board, having closely examined into the
character and conduct of an inmate, and being satisfied, after
communication with any society or person interested in the case, that
there is a reasonable probability (1) that he will lead a useful and
industrious life and abstain from crime, and (2) that employment will
be found for him, may at any time, always provided that he has served
not less than six months of his sentence, or three months in the case
of females, submit the case to the Visiting Committee who, if they
think fit, may thereupon recommend to the Prison Commissioners that he
be discharged from the Institution on licence.
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