859A. [ Condemned prisoners allowed use of books and tobacco. [P.G. No. 19195-Jails, dated 10.7.1922 - P.G. No. 2377 Jails dated 20.1.1932.]
- Any condemned prisoner who can read should be provided with a supply of such books as he may wish for, from the jail liberary and from outside if he desires to purchase them subject to the approval of the Superintendent. No newspaper should be allowed. Prisoners who smoke should be given cigarettes daily at the expense of the Government. All reasonable indulgences should be allowed in the matter of interviews with relatives, friends, legal advisers and approved religious ministers.]
