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§28-5-2. Control of penitentiary by commissioner of public institutions.

The commissioner of public institutions shall have general control of the penitentiary, and shall direct all needed improvements and repairs and all manufacturing operations carried on therein, and shall make such rules and regulations as the commissioner may deem best as to the treatment of the convicts, their discipline, punishment, diet, clothing, social intercourse, the kind and amount of labor required each day, the trades and mechanic arts to be taught, the manner and duration of solitary confinement and other punishments, and the conditions when and on which persons may visit the interior of the building. Printed rules prescribed by the commissioner for the preservation of the property belonging to the state and used at the penitentiary, and for the government and punishment of convicts shall be kept posted in at least six conspicuous places inside the prison.