Regulations for the control of prisoners on board...VPRS 1189/P0, Unit 24, page 2

“If not ironed on arrival he will then be placed in irons which will never under any circumstances be removed except by the special direction of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor. He will immediately be placed in a cell where he will be kept in close confinement during the period he remains on board.”

Samuel Barrow, Inspector General of Penal Establishments, Regulations for the control of the prisoners on board the President prison hulk.

(Inward Registered Correspondence, VPRS 1189 / P0, unit 24)