4. Prison officers
Every prison is under the supervision and control of a Superintendent of the rank of
Superintendent of Prisons (hereinafter referred to as SP) or Assistant Superintendent of
Prisons (hereinafter referred to as ASP). The daily administration of the prison is
undertaken by a Chief Jailor (hereinafter referred to as CJ) under the guidance and
directions of the SP. There are jailors assigned with duties, such as receiving prisoners and
supervising the visits of outsiders. There are sergeants and prison guards who are assigned
a multitude of tasks, ranging from providing armed security to the prison in turrets and
undertaking prisoner escorts (escorting prisoners to courts and other prisons), to clerical
work.
5. Branches and divisions
5.1.
Registration Clerk Branch
The Registration Clerk Branch (hereinafter referred to as RC Branch) is responsible for
maintenance of the prisoners’ files including the Warrants of Detention and the Warrants
of Commitment. The personal information of prisoners will be recorded by the RC Branch
upon admission to prison. The duties of this branch also include the maintenance of the
records of the prisoners (known as prisoner dockets), compiling lists of prisoners eligible
for special pardons, calculating the remission and determining the release date of the
convicted prisoners, and producing prisoners in courts on the stipulated dates.
5.2.
School Master Branch
The School Master Branch (hereinafter referred to as SM Branch) is the division in a prison
responsible for the discipline of prisoners as well as the prison officers. The SM Branch
receives complaints from prisoners against other prisoners and prison officers, and is
tasked with conducting inquiries into such complaints. The SM branch is also responsible
for censoring letters sent and received by prisoners. ‘Location’ is a sub-division within the
purview of the SM, responsible for allocating wards/ cells to the prisoners, maintaining
records of the number of prisoners in each ward/cell, and appointing the ward leaders/
‘kamara party’ for each ward in prison from amongst the prisoners.
5.3.
Morning Staff Keeper
The Morning Staff Keeper Branch (hereinafter referred to as MSK Branch) assigns duties to
prison officers in various sections of the prison in accordance with the orders of the CJ. This
branch calculates the annual and casual leave taken by prison officers, and provides the
details to the accounts branch to formulate the monthly salary of prison officers including
the over-time (OT) payments and other allowances.
5.4.
Equipment Store Keeper /Stores
The Equipment Store Keeper/Stores (hereinafter referred to as ESK Branch) have the
custody of the personal belongings of prisoners, which prisoners surrender to the prison
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