1. The title of these regulations is the Gozo
Prison Regulations.
2. The Gozo Prison shall be administered by
the Director of Prisons.
3. The staff of the prison shall consist of
a Principal Warder and two warders.
4. One of the warders shall reside in the
prison.
5. The prisoners to be kept in the prison
are those referred to article 4 of the Prisons Act.
6. These classes of prisoners are to be kept
separated as far as the accommodation of the prison permits.
7. Female prisoners are in all cases to be
separated from male and juvenile prisoners, and when possible,
youths under eighteen, from adults.
8. Prisoners under trial before the Court
of Magistrates may be visited only by permission of the presiding
Magistrate.
9. No access shall be allowed to an arrested
party before presentation to the Court except by special permission
of the Commissioner of Police.
10. Whenever a person is placed in confinement,
the police officer shall deliver such person to the prison
official on duty who, in the presence of the police officer,
shall search and remove from such person any moneys and other
articles found in his possession, and shall make an entry accordingly
in the Prisoners’ Property Book.
11. Prisoners paying a fine in the hands of
the Principal Warder in order to be released are to be furnished
by him with an official receipt before leaving the prison;
and such moneys are to be remitted within the next working
day to the Registrar of Courts.
12. The release of all prisoners is to be
entered daily in the Discharge Register and signed by the Principal
Warder.
13. Prisoners, whose state of health requires
hospital treatment, should be transferred to hospital, if proper
accommodation cannot be provided in the prison, measures being
taken to keep such patients apart from other patients.
14. The scale of dietary is that laid down
for the same category of prisoners confined in the Corradino
Civil Prison.
15. Medical diet shall be supplied to the
prisoners on the recommendation of the District Medical Officer
on duty. A record of each case is to be kept in the report
book of prisoners under medical diet and such entry is to be
initialled by the District Medical Officer.
16. Prisoners awaiting trial or undergoing
a sentence of detention are allowed to have food provided at
their own expense. No wine or beer above half a pint and no
spirituous liquors of any sort, nor tobacco in any form, shall
be allowed to any such prisoners, except under the written
order of the Medical Officer. Such prisoners must either provide
themselves with food entirely or accept the rations supplied
by the Government. A prisoner of this class shall not be allowed
to supplement in any way the prison fare, and shall not be
allowed to sell or transfer to any other prisoner any articles
introduced for his own use.
17. Prisoners undergoing detention who do
not provide their own food may be compelled to work.
18. Prisoners are not allowed to converse
or communicate with each other except with the order of the
Director.
19. The hours of unlocking and locking up
of prisoners, and the wearing of prison dress shall be the
same as those laid of in the Prison Regulations.
20. (a) The Principal Warder shall be responsible
to the Director of Prisons to whom he shall report and from
whom he shall receive instructions on all matters connected
with the prison. He shall be responsible that all orders recorded
in the Director’s Order Book are communicated to the
warders under his charge and duly attended to.
(b) He shall on no occasion whatever leave the prison unless
substituted by a warder and with the previous approval of
the Director.
(c) He shall immediately report to the Director any neglect,
misconduct or irregularity on the part of the warders as
well as any circumstance likely to affect the safety, health
or discipline of the prisoners which may come to his knowledge.
(d) He shall hand over to the warder on night duty at 6
p.m. the keys of the outer gate of the prison.
(e) He shall visit and inspect every yard, ward and division
of the prison as often as possible and shall ensure that
the whole premises are kept clean and tidy, regard being
given to the personal cleanliness of the prisoners.
(f) He shall cause to be handed to him by the warder on
night duty the keys of the outer gate of the prison after
unlocking hours each morning.
(g) He shall be responsible for all articles of clothing,
rations and supplies issued to prisoners and shall personally
attend the distribution of rations according to the scale
of diet.
(h) He shall be responsible for all stores as well as for
all articles of furniture, tools, etc., existing within the
prison and shall ensure that all items connected therewith
are duly entered in the Inventory Book.
(i) He shall not receive visitors in the prison without
the the written permission of the Director of Prisons.
(j) He shall keep the following books:
(i) a register called "Register of Prisoners" in
which the name, surname, the age, the name of the father,
and the residence of the prisoners, the date of admission,
the nature of the charge, by whose authority confined,
the date of sentence, and the sentence awarded are to be
entered;
(ii) a "Prisoners’ Property Book" in which
all moneys and goods taken from prisoners are to be entered;
(iii) a "Ration Book" containing the total number
of rations supplied daily;
(iv) a "Daily Admission and Discharge Register'';
(v) an inventory of all the articles in the prison distinguishing
those that are in actual use from those in store; and
(vi) any other book which the Director may order him to
keep.
22. The Commissioner for Gozo shall inspect
the prison and hold surprise visits at least once a month recording
the result of his inspections in the Official Visitors’ Book.
23. The powers of the Commissioner for Gozo
shall be the same as those laid down for the Board of Visitors
in Part IV of the Prison Regulations.
24. In case of emergency not provided for
in these Regulations, the Director of Prisons shall take such
action as he may consider necessary and report such action
forthwith to the Minister.
25. A prisoner committed for trial by the
Court of Magistrates of Judicial Police for the Islands of
Gozo and Comino may, in lieu of being kept at the Gozo Prison,
be kept at the Corradino Prison:
Provided that any such prisoner who, after
having been so committed for trial, has remained in the Gozo
Prison shall, as soon as may be after an indictment against
him has been filed by the Attorney General, be removed to and
kept in the Corradino Prison.
