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Show The new rules also teach cleanliness and etiquette. The Inmates are to keep their person, clothes, bed and cell clean. They must remove their caps in the offices and hallways and when appearing; on business before prison officials are also to hare their coats buttoned. When passing; from build-Ins: build-Ins: to build tna collectively, they are to "march with military step and carriage." SING SING LOSES JOY UNDER NEW RULES' I . .... Prisoners May Not Wear Gems, Woo, Dine or Dress Too Well Oistf t N 1 N i N. - Y -.- FVbr 6.Smg Sing's prisoners are forbidden to wear Jewelry, woo. write love letters, dine luxuriously, or dress stylishly, under drastic new rules made public here .which will tighten th reins of discipline disci-pline at the prison. The rules, thsued I by Charles K. Kattigan, s uperlntendent of prisons, will be put into effect by Major Xxwls K. Lawcs, tho warden. Thy will apply to all state prisons, but will be especially felt at King Htng. where privileges have always been mote numerous than In up -slate prisons. Tho prisoners will be divided Into three grades to denote their behavior. Service tripes will be worn, to indicate indi-cate how m-iny years the prisoner has ben in confinement. Kvery prisoner will start undf the new rules with a clean slate. All will be listed as first grade as long ss they j ntwrve prlnon rul-H, and while In that 1 class will wear a white disc on the left i ulenve. j If a firnt irrade man misbehaves he will be reduced to set ond tirade for six months, nnd will wear a blue dine. If while a second prade prisoner he errs ; nk'ain he will ro into the third (trade j and wear a red dine. The red dine; Is j to be the mark with which any pria-J pria-J oner attempting to cFrup will be do-noted. do-noted. A third Krade man will be able by six months' ftnod conduct to advance to aecond Krade. and aimilarly a second sec-ond erado inmate may retrain the firat Krade. However, a prisoner who refrains re-frains the f irwt (frale will not wear tht white dine acain, but a whit- rlrcN iriMtead. Kit each year that a priaoner I' remains In the first grade he will wear "a bar or other mark of distinction." Inmates wilt not b allowed to pop-i pop-i sens or wear any Jew try r rinn. and t fillk MhirfM tnnfx.- lien whit ol I r ' nnd ullk hosiery must g' under a rule which state; "The clothing of all In- mates must be uniform, and such as : is provided by the institution, except i t that inmates may be permitted to sup-: sup-: i ply . themseea' wih underclothing, 1 socks of a quiet color, a gray flannel shirt, a gray sweater, black shoes, overshoes or rubbers, gloves and a I black tie. No women except relatives will b allowed to see a prisoner, but an inmate in-mate mn receive a visit from friends othr than women once a month upon approval of the warden. For years thn unmarried prisoners and some of ; the married ones hnve had many j young women callers, often elderly j women would ult a young prisoner to hear him tell what beautiful eyes she had or what an inspiring influence she was. I'sually such callers left money, jewelry or some other gift for the prisoner: Ixne letters will also bek eliminated under a rule that, '"Promiscuous letter writing is to le discouraged and any inmate abusing the privilege herein Recorded will be punished at the dfs-icrethn dfs-icrethn of the warden.". . Prosperous prisoners who have always al-ways had food sent to them from uot-side uot-side the prison must rely on prison fare. No pac kages' may le received except on Thanksgiving, on hnstmaa, on Kaater and on the Fourth vC July. |