Rules & Regulations for the London District Gaol, 1846

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5. Due provision shall, as far as practicable, be made in the gaol for the enforcement of hard labor in the cases of such prisoners as may be sentenced thereto, and for the employment of other prisoners [...]

6. Every prisoner sentenced to hard labor shall, unless prevented by sickness, be employed not less than eight, or more than ten hours every day [...]

10. Persons under charge or conviction of any crime, shall attend Divine Service on Sundays, and on other days when such service is performed, [...]

13. Every prisoner maintained a the expense of the District, shall be allowed a sufficient quantity of plain and wholesome food [...]

15. No prisoner convicted of felony, or any other crime for which imprisonment in the Penitentiary might be awarded, who is confined under the sentence of any Court, shall receive any food other than the gaol allowance, as provided by law. [...]

19. [...] the floors of the several cells and rooms in use shall be washed or cleansed once a fort-night, or oftener, if required. A reasonable supply of water, soap, and towels, shall be furnished the prisoners daily, for the purpose of washing themselves, as the same may be found requisite.

20. No tap shall be kept in the prison, nor shall spirituous liquors of any kind be admitted for the use of the prisoners [...]

24 [...] said Keeper may examine any person concerning such offences, and may determine thereupon, and may punish all such offences, by ordering any such offender to close confinement in the refractory or solitary cells, and by keeping such offenders upon bread and water only, for any time not exceeding three days [...]

31. That the prisoners sentenced to hard labour be allowed in rations, one pound of Beef, one pound and a half of Bread with one pound of Potatoes daily (to be served out at twice); and that instead of potatoes, there be given half a pound of Peas per diem, three times per week, to be make up into Soup, and three-fourths of a pound of Salt Pork instead of Beef. [...]

Source: University of Western Ontario Archives, J.J. Talman Regional Collection, HV9310.L6.L66 1846, John B. Askin, "Rules & Regulations for the London District Gaol," 1846.

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