- The Jailor shall perform all functions attached to the post of Assistant Superintendent during his absence. The Jailor is the executive officer of the Prison and is subordinate to the Assistant Superintendent and where there is no Assistant Superintendent, to the Superintendent and shall assist him whenever necessary. He shall generally be responsible for observance of all prescribed rules and orders. His duties and functions attached to the post shall be as follows:-(1)Supervision over security, custody and discipline, care and welfare of prisoners;(2)Supervision over personnel matters, enforce staff discipline among subordinate officers and staff welfare, assisting the Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent in all matters pertaining to institutional management;(3)Frequently inspect every part of the prison including kitchen, canteen, workshop, wards and especially cells and shall see that they are clean and in order and that their security is effective and search or cause the prisoners to be searched at uncertain times, not less than once a week, and examine their clothing, bedding and see that they are in order and that no prohibited articles are hidden in the prison or possessed by any prisoner; and record the date, time and description of the barracks and cell searched, in the Jailor's Report Book in Form XVIII;(4)Enforce the greatest economy, give particular attention to all matters connected with the management of the prison, and bring to the notice of the Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent, circumstances which may require their attention for checking unnecessary expenditure;(5)Without delay, report to the Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent any fact or circumstances likely to affect the security of the prison and the health and discipline of the prisoners; and also bring to their notice any fact or circumstance likely to affect the efficiency of any subordinate member of the establishment;(6)Looking after all aspects of admission and release of prisoners;(7)Attend to classification and separation of prisoners and their training;(8)To see that prisoners are clean in their persons and clothes and that they have the authorized amount of clothing and bedding and no more, and the same to be certified in the Jailor's Report Book in Form XVIII;(9)Responsible for the execution of all orders regarding the labour of prisoners. He shall assign to each prisoner his work on the recommendation of the Work Assignment Committee constituted in each Prison for the purpose. He shall ensure that the assigned works are performed by the prisoners;(10)Supervise the cultivation of the garden and he shall be responsible for the adequacy of the supply of vegetables. He shall supervise the prison farm and all other outside operations;(11)Responsible jointly with the Medical subordinate for the proper preparation and distribution of food to prisoners;(12)Supervise the working of the guards subject to any orders of the Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent, assign from time to time to each of the jail guards both inside and outside the prison wall, appropriate duties in respect of the prison or prisoners either in the matter of guarding or otherwise;(13)Responsible for 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;(14)To visit frequently the extra mural working parties and shall record such visit in the Jailor's Report Book in Form XVIII;(15)Muster the prisoners in suitable batches and shall certify in the Jailor's Report Book in Form XVIII.-(a)That the handcuffs, if any, of every prisoner are secure and clean;(b)That every prisoner has his History Ticket;(c)That he has read to prisoners the rules for rewards for good conduct; for granting remission and for punishments for commission of prison offences;(d)That all barracks and cells have been inspected daily and found in order;(16)To arrange for escort and conveyance of sick prisoners in emergency and prisoners sentenced to death shall be removed from the prison only under dying circumstances, duly recommended by medical officer and special guarding arrangements shall be made during the period when he is out of prison;(17)To assist the Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent in studying the psychological and mental make up of prisoners and taking steps to reform them;(18)To be in-charge and directly responsible for the storing and custody of ration and other articles purchased and their issue from the stores;(19)To place indents and get supplies of all articles of diet and articles required for the prisoners;(20)To attend to the day-to-day maintenance of stock registers; and other connected records and to the proper maintenance of stock;(21)To attend to the maintenance of accounts for extra articles purchased by civil debtors;(22)To check the correctness of the kitchen slips, hospital indents and other indents placed on him for issue of ration and miscellaneous articles;(23)To maintain separate accounts and to be responsible for the safe custody of empty gunnies and other receptacles received and disposed of;(24)To weigh and issue ration and other articles for consumption;(25)To supervise the cleaning of grains, vegetables and other dietary articles and their grinding, if any;(26)To ensure that all ration articles taken to the kitchen are actually utilized for the purpose they are meant;(27)To be custodian of all civil store articles entrusted to the ration stores;(28)To assist the Assistant Superintendent and to be present with him at the time of supply of food to condemned prisoners;(29)To assist the Assistant Superintendent in searching the condemned prisoners and examining the cells where condemned prisoners are locked-up;(30)To conduct interviews with condemned prisoners;(31)To assist the Assistant Superintendent in supervising the work of all guarding staff in the gardens;(32)To assist the Assistant Superintendent in supervision over searches, counting, opening and closing of prisons;(33)To attend to any other duty that may be assigned to him by the Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent;(34)To attend to admission work and search of prisoners on their admission;(35)To have custody of prisoner's property except cash;(36)To attend to the removal of private clothing from prisoners on their admission, the issue of prison clothing and bedding, the correct making of metal identification discs; and the placing of prisoners in quarantine soon after their admission;(37)To have the custody of prisoner's private clothing and prison clothing stores; and the issue of fresh clothing to the prisoners;(38)To maintain the clothing and registers in the prescribed Form X;(39)To attend to the conducting prisoner's interview, if conversant with the language spoken at the interview;(40)To have the charge of the quarantine and of the civil and leper annexes where such annexes exist;(41)To censor letters addressed to and sent by the prisoners and the disposal of such letters under the order of the Assistant Superintendent / Superintendent;(42)To keep strict vigil over the prison and ensure his presence at night time in Jail premises;(43)To supervise over the work of distribution of cooked food and extra diet as recommended by the Medical Officer;(44)To attend all complaints and requests of all prisoners put in his charge and to ensure that the daily routine is carried out satisfactorily by such prisoners;(45)To intimate the notice of death of prisoner to the Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent and Medical subordinate.(46)To keep safe custody of records and registers if so directed by the Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent;(47)To carry out all such functions and duties as assigned by the Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent from time to time;(48)Report to the Superintendent cases in which the disciplinary action for any misconduct on the part of a prisoner or a subordinate officer may be necessary;(49)See that no ladder, planks, ropes, chains, implements, or materials of any kind, likely to facilitate escape, are left unnecessarily or are inadvertently exposed or without surveillance at any time in the yards and that all such articles as well as tools of all kinds when not in use are kept in their appointed places;(50)See that no rubbish is piled against any wall or allowed to remain in the yards and that all sullage water is immediately removed;(51)See that a list of prisoners sentenced to cellular confinement is forwarded to the Medical subordinate daily whenever prisoners are sentenced to such confinement.
