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 31