An adolescent offender, who has been directed by a Court or Magistrate, duly empowered in that behalf, to be detained in a Borstal Institution, but for whom accommodation is not immediately available in any of the Borstal Institutions in the Province, may be sent for detention to the adolescent Jail or if this is full to the ncarest Central or District Jail, where he shall be detained in the ward reserved for adolescents and treated as far as possible as an inmate of a Borstal Institution till accommodation becomes available in any such Institution.
12, Transfer of an adolescent offender to the post-adolescent section of the Institution. - An adolescent offender will, on completing the age of 21, normally be transferred to the post adolescent section of the Institution, provided that if, in the opinion of the Medical Superintendent or Medical Officer of the Institution, the inmate is physically or mentally still under- developed and adolescent he may, by special order of the Superintendent, be retaincd in the adolescent section up to the age of 24, Post-adolescent offenders shall be subject to the same rules and training as ordinary adolescents. They will, however, be allotted a separate enclqsure of the Institution, and will be kept there for sleep, rest and meals. They are permitted to associate, under supervision, with ordinary Borstal adolescents for drill, education, work and games, On transfer from the adolescent to the post-adolescent section they will retain thejr grade and any other rank to which they may have been promoted. They may also be Promoted in grade or rank after transfer to the post- adolescent section.
Post-adolscents are cligible for appointment as inmate officials, work overseers, ill or games instructors and Scout Patrol Leaders, and will associate with adolescents in the execution of these duties.
13, Grading, Classification and treatment of inmqtcs - (1) The inmates of Borstal Institution shall be divided by the Superintendent into grades according to thejr Industry and good conduct.
{b) There shall be five such grades, namely :-
(1) Penal Grade.
(2) Ordinary _Gmde.
(3) Special Grade.
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(4) Star Grade.
(5) Monitor Grade.
(c) Allinmates on reception will be placed in the Qrdinary tht‘adg,o pnr%l;liglglo: :E?efi%d be regulated by close personal observation of the inmates g t}?cl i to‘i)nslruc):
paid to their general behaviour, amenability to discipline an tions both literary and industrial,
(d) An inmate will remain in the Ordinary Grade for at least six months.
oot el T ible, in connec. During this time he shall be employed on hard labour, as far as possible, in c tion wil% the trade which he is desitous of bearing and suitable for his intelligence, caste, etc.
He should be carefully observed by the staff, with special reference to his character, mental disposition, aptitude and fitness for the trade allotted.
(e) Where an inmate is believed to be excrcising a bad influence, he will be placed by the Supcrintendent in the Penal Grade for such period as the Superintendent con- siders necessary in the interest of the inmate himself or of the other inmates. While in this grade, an inmate shall be employed in separation on hard and laborious work and shall forfeit all privileges. The Superintendent should record in his journal par- ticulars of the casc of every inmate ordered by him to be placed in the Penal Grade with the reasons for such order and stating the period during which inmate s to re- main so placed, but in no case shall an inmate be placed in the Penal Grade for a period longer than three months without the special sanction of the Director,
(f) If the inmate had previously been in the Special, Star, or Monitor Grade, he shall not be restored thereto without passing through a period of probation in the lower grades for such periods as the Superintendent may determine, Commo Water supply and sap; ther arrangements. - (1) Every institution will, so far as ggs’svible, ;;;:llifi’;z’ and o ates in single cubicles at night; b) adequate accommodati 2 ) ]e:élems; ion for post-adolescents, separate from that for ado-
(c) proper sanitary arrangement, waty i i inmates detained therein; aiet supply, food, clothing, bedding for the
(d) the means of giving such inmates industria] training;
) barracks or other suitable buildin c e Rac? 3 O] cation o inmates; 85 %0 be used as a schoo for imparting edu
(f) proper segregation wards for the quarantine of
(g) an infirmary, hospital, or Proper place for the t
(h) proper infectious diseases ward or wards, newly admitted inmates;
Teatment of the sick;
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(g)(fl')lfigu: :3321"" y;-}rd and the infectioys diseases ward referred to in clauses (f) i -cafio‘f with thy,}:) sub-rule (1) ahove should have as far as possible direct commumd from the h oniospital yard in ordey that the cases of illness be removed direct RN ¢ Hospital without cntering any other part of the Borstal Institution.