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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 260.01
GOZO PRISON REGULATIONS
5th June, 1934
GOVERNMENT NOTICES 228 of 1934 and 342 of 1964, consolidated.
Title.
Regulations.
Administration.
Prisons.
Staff.
and two warders.
Warder to reside in 
prison.
4. One of the warders shall reside in the prison.
Prisoners to be 
kept in the prison.
Cap. 260.
5. The prisoners to be kept in the prison are those referred to
article 4 of the Prisons Act.
Classes of 
prisoners.
6. These classes of prisoners are to be kept separated as far as
the accommodation of the prison permits.
Female prisoners.
and juvenile prisoners, and when possible, youths under eighteen,
from adults.
Prisoners under 
trial.
8. Prisoners under trial before the Court of Magistrates may
be visited only by permission of the presiding Magistrate.
Access to an 
arrested party.
9. No access shall be allowed to an arrested party before
presentation to the Court except by special permission of the
Commissioner of Police.
Person placed in 
confinement.
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.
Prisoners paying a 
fine.
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.
Release of 
prisoners.
12. The release of all prisoners is to be entered daily in the
Discharge Register and signed by the Principal Warder.
Prisoners requiring 
hospital treatment.
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.
Scale of dietary.
of prisoners confined in the Corradino Civil Prison.
Medical diet.
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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.
Prisoners awaiting 
trial or undergoing 
a sentence of 
detention.
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.
Prisoners not 
providing their 
own food.
17. Prisoners undergoing detention who do not provide their
own food may be compelled to work.
Prisoners not 
allowed to 
converse.
18. Prisoners are not allowed to converse or communicate with
each other except with the order of the Director.
Hours of unlocking 
and locking up.
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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.
Duties of Principal 
Warder.
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
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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.
Duties of Warders.
of the Principal Warder and shall be held responsible
for being fully acquainted with the rules and orders
relating to their respective duties.
( b ) They shall not be absent from the prison during the
hours of duty without the leave of the Director.
( c ) They shall treat prisoners with kindness and humanity
being firm at the same time, maintaining order and
discipline and enforcing complete observance of all
rules and orders.
( d ) They shall not converse familiarly with prisoners and
shall not correspond or hold intercourse with the
relatives of the prisoners unless expressly authorized
by the Director.
( e ) They shall as frequently as possible inspect the yards
and divisions and shall seize all prohibited articles and
deliver then to the Principal Warder.
( f ) They shall be responsible for the cleanliness of the
premises, wards, yards, and divisions, and shall
superintend the work of the prisoners under their
charge.
( g ) The warder on night duty shall lock up the prison at 8
p.m. and shall keep the keys in his custody until the
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hour of unlocking in the morning, when he shall hand
over same to the Principal Warder. He shall not allow
egress or ingress between the hour of locking at night
and unlocking in the morning except to the officials of
the prison or other public officer in case of emergency.
Inspection. 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.
Visits.
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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.
Cases of 
emergency.
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.
Prisoners 
committed for trial.
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.
