The Penitentiary Gendarmerie Command is one of the major commands of the Imperial Gendarmerie. It has the task to ensure the order of the Prisons and preserve their security. Supervision in prisons and criminal infirmaries has the function of preventing crimes and offenses against persons restricted or who work in prison, while the service of armed sourvellaince along the wall and the gates of the prisons has the function of protect the structure from outside illegal conduct and activities designed to facilitate avoidance or access by unauthorized people. The Penitentiary Police shall ensure the security of the same Institute, the area immediately outside them, and also outside, along the route planned for the translation of detainees, if column for health reasons , but also in the courtro