The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-21
PRISON RULES.
Regulations Adopted by the Terri.
 tOrial Penitentiary.
Eor the government of the


 For the government of the Terri torial Peniten tiary, the: following rules have been adopted, and will be rigidly enforced by the management:
 No ardent spirits, strong beer or ale, are upon any occasion to be used by any officer or employee in or about the prison, neither shall any person be allowed to bring the same within the prison walls except for the hospi- tai to be used for medicine, under the direction of the physician.
 Profanity is positively prohibited hy any officer. guard or other person con- nected with the prison and will not be tolerated under any circumstances. Employees are called upon to practice that which by way of example they are required by preeept to enforce.
 Any guard who shall sleep while at his post, or while in the discharge of any other duty, or who shall neglect the same, or who shall behave im- properly, shall be discharged from the institution.
 The guards must yield that ready obe Hence to their superior officers SO necessary to secure the beneficial results of effective cooperation and good government.
 They shall not allow any person to 20 on the walls or into the prison without permission of the Superin- tsndent or Assistant Superintendent.
 No employees shall be allowed to absent himself from duty under any circumstances without permissIon from the Superintendent. Should my employee be taken ill he should immediately send information thereof t0 the Superintendent, so that another may he employed in his place.
 Employees are strictly prohibited from taking newspapers, books or other reading matter inside the prison walls or cell houses and are cautioned against leaving the same about the Superin' endent's house, within reach of the prisoners and are absolutely prohibited from leaving any citizens clothes inside the yard or cell house.
 Employees are prohibited from selling or buying anything from pris- .oners or giving to or receiving from them anything in the nature of 8 gift or present either verbal or written.
 Employees are prohibited from reply. ing in like terms to what they may conceive to be Imprudent or insulting language on the part of the prisoner. Their duty is to report any such in fraction of discipline.
 Employees will be required to pay for the wilful destruction, loss, waste or damage of any property of the prison.
 Employees are prohibited from dis cussing in the presence of prisoners, matters relating to the discipline of this or any other prison.
 Employees will not receive visits while on duty.
 No officer or guard will be permitted except in an emergency to exchange duties with another, or procure sub, stitute te discharge his duty without first obtaining permissi n from the Superintendent.
 Every officer and employee of the prison must understand that the superintendent has the right to exact his services without extra pay in any capacity for which he may consider the employee fit.
 Absence from the prison for any cause whatever will be charged against the employee's pay roll, the only ex- caption being sickness when, on pro- ducing a certificate from physician, an officer will be allowed pay for ten days each year for absence from duty on that account.
 An employee when off duty as well as when on duty must ever so conduct himself to inspire sentiments of res pect for hls moral principles and character, he will be expected to be circumapect in lis ways of life in society, careful as to the company he keeps and the places he frequents, and particular as to the discharge of his personal obligations, debts, etc. The Superintendent will take all necessary steps to make himself acquainted with the conduct and general habits of every officer and employee in the in stitntion and it will be his duty to retain no men in the service whose conduct is improper.
 Any subordinate officer to the Sitp- erintendent who shall communicate to any prisoner or prisoners any in- formation not authorized shall be subject to removal upon the recom- mer rdRtion of the Snnerintendent.