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Prisons Act · 2015 Revised Edition · Part V · Employment and Prison Discipline
Prisons Act · 2015 Revised Edition · Part V · Employment and Prison Discipline
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A prisoner when being taken to or from any prison in which he may be lawfully confined, or whenever he is working outside or is otherwise beyond the limits of any such prison in or under the lawful custody or control of a prison officer, shall be deemed to be in prison, and shall be subject to all the same incidents as if he were actually in prison.
prisoner
“prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under confinement in any prison;
prison
“prison” means any house, building, enclosure, or place or any part thereof, declared to be a prison under section 3;
prison officer
“prison officer” means any Chief Officer, Warden, Principal Officer, Probation Officer, Matron, Warder or Wardress and includes the Director and the Assistant Director;
prisoner
“prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under confinement in any prison;
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