The English Prison SystemRuggles-Brise, Evelyn, Sir
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The English Prison System
Ruggles-Brise, Evelyn, Sir
Prisons -- Great Britain
16. It is desirable that after a close observation of character
and capacity, a definite view should be taken as to the class of
training--industrial, domestic, clerical, or otherwise--for which an
inmate is best fitted, and that she should be specialized on this with
a view to her employment on discharge, but each inmate should, in the
first instance pass through a course of instruction in laundrywork,
housework, needle-work and cooking, as such a course must always be of
advantage, whatever the special employment to be followed on discharge
may eventually be.
Farm and garden work, attending to poultry and cattle, will be a
special feature of the Establishment, and will require special
training, which will be provided. The various garden spaces will also
offer profitable employment and training under suitable instruction.
In any place where there are garden plots, they will be kept with
scrupulous care and neatness in all parts of the Establishment.
The grass will be kept closely mown, and flower beds placed in all
appropriate spots. Officers will be given the option of cultivating the
plots contiguous to their Quarters, but failing this, it will be the
duty of the inmates.
Farm and garden work, though it can be assigned specifically as
training for a certain number of inmates, is rather a valuable
subsidiary employment, to be made use of largely on medical and
physiological grounds for girls requiring active labour in the open
air, or who are unsuitable for other forms of labour. For such
reasons, there would be no objection to employing girls in the Ordinary
Grade on such work for limited periods, or in the summer evenings in
lieu of labour in their rooms, always provided that girls in this Grade
work under disciplinary supervision, which will be the differentia of
this Grade.
_Punishments._
17. No punishment or privation of any kind shall be awarded to an
inmate by any officer of the institution except the Governor, or in his
absence, the officer appointed to act for him.
An inmate shall be guilty of an offence against the discipline of the
institution if she;--
(1) Disobeys any order or rule.
(2) Treats an officer with disrespect.
(3) Is idle or careless at work.
(4) Is irreverent at Divine Service or Prayers.
(5) Uses bad language or threats.
(6) Is indecent in language, act or gesture.
(7) Strikes or behaves in a provoking way to another inmate.
(8) Makes a disturbance by singing, whistling or shouting.
(9) Does any damage.
(10) Has in her room, or cubicle, or dormitory, or in her pockets or
clothes, anything she has not been given leave to have. Nothing found
on the grounds, or on the farm, may be picked up and kept.
(11) Receives anything from any other inmate, or gives anything to any
inmate without leave.
(12) Misbehaves herself in any other way.
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