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Washing, shaving and hair cutting
Prison Rules, r. 113 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) Arrangements shall be made for every prisoner to wash or bathe daily at all proper times and for men (unless excused or prohibited on medical grounds) to shave or be shaved as often as possible and to have their hair cut as may be required.
(2) The hair of a male prisoner may be cut as short as is necessary for good appearance but the hair of a female prisoner shall not be cut without her consent except by direction of the 55 Medical Officer for the eradication of vermin, dirt or disease,
which direction shall be recorded in the medical journal.
(3) Every prisoner shall obey such regulations and orders as may from time to time be issued by the Superintendent under this rule.
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