THE DUNEDIN GOAL INQUIRY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1145, 6 September 1883, Page 1

THE DUNEDIN GOAL INQUIRY.

The inquiry into the management of Dunedin gaol resulted in,the commissioners making the following recommendations :

(I) That the late Gaoler of Dunedin prison, Mr James Caldwellj be required to retire from the service upon the pension to which we understand' he is entitled. ■ ■ ' J

f2) That the services of the Medical Officer, Dr Burns, be dispensed with. (3) That Warders Flannery, Watson and Noonan be removed trom the service.

(4) That all warders in Dunedin prison who have served therein for more than three years be exchanged to other prisons at the earliest opportunity. (5) That all prison officers, including gaolers, should in future be, /appointed subject to the condition of periodical removal to other prisons.

(6) That all charges against warders shall, if required by the accused officers, be heard by a Resident' Magistrate, together with one or more Visiting Justices. ;

(7) That the rower and duties of Inspector of Prisons be clearly defined by Act. (8) That every fresh offence of malingering should r be dealt with by a Resident ' Magistrate, and that the evidence of two qualified medical men should be required for conviction. (9) That the power of punishment of prison offences by additional ment, now entrusted to Visiting Justices, should be vested' in a Resident Magistrate, after hcaririg in an open Court.

(10) That a monthly return of all punishments for prison offences be furnished by each Gaoler to. the Inspector of Prisons. 1 ' :. j

(11) That stringent 1 ■regulations should be framed to provide for the safety of prison armories. (12) That as regards first-class prisons, during the absence of the matron, either on leave of absence, or for other causes, the gaol should not bo left without a, female v officer being in attendance on the* female prisoners. We return to Your Excellency herewith .'..the Commission J with, which you have honored us, arid we 1 also enclose the whole of the evidencefwe have taken in the course of the enquiry. We have the honor to he, etc,, Oswald Curtis Caleb; Whitefoord .