Prisons Act · 2015 Revised Edition · Part V · Employment and Prison Discipline
Section 50
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where a prisoner is accused of any aggravated prison offence and the Officer-in-Charge is of the opinion that in the circumstances of the case, the power of punishment which he possesses is inadequate, he may either submit to the Director a copy of the record of the investigation, and the
prisoner
“prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under confinement in any prison;
Director may thereupon decide the matter within the limit of his own power of punishment as conferred by subsection (3).
Director
“Director” means the Director of Prisons appointed under section 10 and includes the Assistant Director of Prisons;
In the alternative, the Officer-in-Charge may forthwith report the matter in writing to the Visiting Justices, the Visiting Justices shall upon receipt of such report, attend at the prison without undue delay and investigate the charge, and may punish any prisoner whom, after due inquiry, upon oath, they may find guilty of such offence with one or more of the following punishments —
Officer-in-Charge
“Officer-in-Charge” means any prison officer not below the rank of Principal Officer who is in charge of any prisons;
confinement in a cell on the prescribed restricted diet for a term not exceeding such period as may be prescribed;
corporal punishment not exceeding such amount as may be prescribed;
forfeiture of remission not exceeding such amount as may be prescribed;
reduction in stage, or forfeiture of privileges, or postponement of promotion in stage, or removal from the earnings
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scheme, or reduction in earnings grade, for such period as may be prescribed.
The Director shall have power to investigate and decide complaints respecting any offence against prison discipline; and he may order any prisoner found guilty by him of any such offence to undergo one or more of the punishments prescribed in subsection (2).
prison
“prison” means any house, building, enclosure, or place or any part thereof, declared to be a prison under section 3;
Whenever it appears to the Officer-in-Charge that it is desirable for the good order and discipline of the prison for a prisoner to be segregated and not to work or be located in association with other prisoners, it shall be lawful for such officer to order the segregation of the prisoner for such period as may be considered necessary.
Terms defined in s 2
aggravated prison offence
Defined · s 2“minor prison offence” and “aggravated prison offence” mean any offence committed by a prisoner against prison discipline and so specified in the rules made under this Act;
Director
Defined · s 2“Director” means the Director of Prisons appointed under section 10 and includes the Assistant Director of Prisons;
Officer-in-Charge
Defined · s 2“Officer-in-Charge” means any prison officer not below the rank of Principal Officer who is in charge of any prisons;
prison
Defined · s 2“prison” means any house, building, enclosure, or place or any part thereof, declared to be a prison under section 3;
prisoner
Defined · s 2“prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under confinement in any prison;
stage
Defined · s 2“stage” means any stage of imprisonment prescribed by rules made under this Act;
Part VI
Discipline as Affecting Prison Officers
Part VII