(1) The following shall be the responsibilities of the Deputy Jailor, namely:-
(a) they shall be subordinate to the Jailor and assist him wherever necessary;
(b) they shall be generally responsible for observance of all provisions in these rules;
(c) they shall have supervision over security, custody and discipline, supervision over care and welfare of prisoners;
(d) they shall have supervision over personnel matters, staff discipline and staff welfare assisting the Superintendent in all matters pertaining to institutional management which shall include,-
(i) inspection of kitchen, canteen and visit hospital daily,
(ii) admission and release work of prisoners, and
(iii) classification of prisoners and their training;
(e) they shall see that prisoners are clean in their persons and clothes and that they have the authorized amount of clothing and bedding and no more;
(f) they shall have power at uncertain times but at least once a week, to cause every prisoner and all clothing, bedding workshops, wards and cells to be thoroughly searched;
(g) they shall be responsible for the execution of all orders regarding the labour of prisoners and shall assign to each prisoner his work on the recommendation of the classifying committee constituted in each prison for the purpose;
(h) they shall supervise the cultivation of the garden and be responsible for the adequacy of the supply of vegetables;
(i) they shall supervise the prison farm and all other outside operations;
(j) they shall jointly with the Medical subordinate be responsible for the proper preparation and distribution of food to prisoners;
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(k) they shall supervise the working of the guards at least twice a week or more, at uncertain time and shall visit the prison after 10.00 P.M. and satisfy themselves that the standing guard is present, the sentries posted are on the alert, and that the rounds are properly maintained;
(l) in jails where adequate executive personnel are available, one of such officer shall perform night duty throughout the night and shall be called as night duty officer;
(m) they shall be responsible for the custody of all warrants and for the strict enforcement of their terms and that no prisoner on any account be released before his due time or kept in prison beyond the termination of his sentence.
(2) The Deputy Jailor shall carry out the following instructions, namely:-
(a) to assist the Jailor in studying the psychological and mental makeup of prisoners and take steps to reform them;
(b) to be in charge of the ration or manufactory stores;
(c) to be directly responsible for the storing and custody of ration and other articles purchased and their issue from the stores;
(d) to place indents and get supplies of all articles of diet and articles required for the prisoners;
(e) to attend to the day to day maintenance of stock registers and other connected records and to the proper maintenance of stock;
(f) to check the correctness of the kitchen slips, hospital indents and other indents placed on him for issue of ration and miscellaneous articles;
(g) to weigh and issue ration and other articles for consumption;
(h) to supervise the cleaning of grains, vegetables and other dietary articles and their grinding, if any;
(i) to ensure that all ration articles taken to the kitchen are actually utilized for the purpose they are meant;
(j) to assist the Jailor in searching the condemned prisoners and examining the cells where condemned prisoners are locked up;
(k) to assist the Jailor in supervision over searches, counting opening, and closing of prisons and to assist the Jailor in all matters pertaining to institutional management;
(l) to attend to any other duty that may be assigned to him by the Superintendent;
(m) admission and search of prisoners on their admission;
(n) to keep in custody of prisoner’s property except cash;
(o) to see that the removal of private clothing from prisoners is properly done on their admission and the issue of prison clothing and bedding is made and the placing of prisoners is made in quarantine soon after their admission;
(p) to see proper custody of prisoner’s private clothing in prison clothing stores and the issue of fresh clothing to the prisoners;
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(q) to maintain the clothing and bedding registers as specified;
(r) conduct prisoners’ interview;
(s) to supervise over the proper maintenance of dairy and poultry units in prisons and to maintain the stock and the stock register;
(t) the charge of the quarantine and of the civil and leper annexes where such annexes exist; and
(u) to see that proper censoring of letters addressed to and sent by the prisoners is made and the disposal of such letters is made under the order of the Superintendent.