Prisons (Ireland) Act, 1856

Work in Prisons to be manual or mechanical only.

XXVIII. The Work or Labour authorized by the One hundred and fifth Section of the Prisons Act shall be manual or mechanical Work or Labour; and no Board of Superintendence shall authorize or permit any Prisoner to carry on or exercise any Profession, Trade, Business, Calling, or Employment which the said Board shall deem inconsistent with or unsuited to the due Regulation, Discipline, or Management of the Prison under their Care, or of the Prisoners therein, or which the Lord Lieutenant shall, upon the Report of the Inspectors General, signify to the said Board of Superintendence to be, in the Opinion of the said Lord Lieutenant, inexpedient or improper to allow such Prisoners, or any of them, to carry on or exercise.