GP Rules 218Chapter XIII · Employment of Prisoners

Section 218 · Prisoner not to be employed on clerical work

- No prisoner shall be employed to assist in clerical work of a prison:Provided that a prisoner, until he has completed one-fourth of the term of his sentence, and who is not guilty of forgery, fraud or criminal breach of trust, may, with the previous sanction of the Inspector General, be employed to write appeals of prisoners and to copy letters, reports, returns, statistical statements and rolls, in a verandah or gateway or other suitable place assigned for the purpose by the Superintendent. Any prisoner who is so employed shall not be allowed to enter the office for clerical work or to have access to warrants and any of the Jail registers, and shall be under the constant supervision of a jail-guard while at work.

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