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2023 Laws not yet authenticated through a Commencement Order

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

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PART 4
POWERS AND DUTIES OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS

PART 4 POWERS AND DUTIES OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS

2. Interpretation

3. Power to declare place a correctional facility

4. Power to declare place a lock-up

5. Legalised police cells

6. Appointment of correctional officers

7. Ranks of correctional officers

8. Medical personnel and other staff of correctional facility

9. Duties of the Director

10. Correctional Facility Standing Orders

11. Duties of Deputy Director and others

12. Correctional officers to have powers etc. of police officers

13. Use of firearm

14. Duties of ungazetted officers

15. Offences by correctional officers, etc.

16. Detention in custody

17. Legal custody

18. Inmates committed to custody

19. Detention of inmates as to terms of warrant etc.

20. Delivery of inmate to Court as per writ, warrant or order

21. Order for production of inmates in custody

22. Release from custody

23. Order of production by Minister

24. Mentally ill persons and persons with any contagious disease

25. Removal of inmate to public hospital

26. Security of inmate in public hospital

27. Transfer of inmates

28. Separation of inmates

29. Remand centers for juvenile delinquents

30. Inmates to carry out duties and tasks

31. Grave offences

32. Authority of Director to punish for minor correctional facility offence

33. Medical officer's certificate as to punishment

34. Procedure for hearing correctional offences

35. Inquiry Committee

37. Record of punishment

38. Supervision of inmates under sentence of death

39. Appointment of Board of Visiting Justices

40. Powers and duties of Visiting Justices

41. Inmate not to be punished twice

42. Suspension of sentence of escape inmate

43. Expenses for inmates' care

45. Report on Correctional Facility

46. Habeas Corpus

48. Regulations

Prisons Rules – Section 53

Correctional Services Code of Conduct Regulations – Section 48

PART 1 PRELIMINARY

2. Interpretation

PART 2 CONSTITUTION OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, LOCK-UPS AND LEGALISED POLICE CELLS

3. Power to declare place a correctional facility

4. Power to declare place a lock-up

5. Legalised police cells

PART 3 APPOINTMENT, ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS

6. Appointment of correctional officers

7. Ranks of correctional officers

8. Medical personnel and other staff of correctional facility

9. Duties of the Director

10. Correctional Facility Standing Orders

11. Duties of Deputy Director and others

12. Correctional officers to have powers etc. of police officers

13. Use of firearm

14. Duties of ungazetted officers

15. Offences by correctional officers, etc.

PART 5 CUSTODY AND REMOVAL OF PERSONS DETAINED

16. Detention in custody

17. Legal custody

18. Inmates committed to custody

19. Detention of inmates as to terms of warrant etc.

20. Delivery of inmate to Court as per writ, warrant or order

21. Order for production of inmates in custody

22. Release from custody

23. Order of production by Minister

24. Mentally ill persons and persons with any contagious disease

25. Removal of inmate to public hospital

26. Security of inmate in public hospital

27. Transfer of inmates

28. Separation of inmates

PART 6 DETENTION OF JUVENILE DELINQUENTS

29. Remand centers for juvenile delinquents

PART 7 DISCIPLINE AND CONTROL OF INMATES

30. Inmates to carry out duties and tasks

31. Grave offences

32. Authority of Director to punish for minor correctional facility offence

34. Procedure for hearing correctional offences

35. Inquiry Committee

37. Record of punishment

38. Supervision of inmates under sentence of death

PART 8 MISCELLANEOUS

39. Appointment of Board of Visiting Justices

40. Powers and duties of Visiting Justices

41. Inmate not to be punished twice

42. Suspension of sentence of escape inmate

45. Report on Correctional Facility

46. Habeas Corpus

48. Regulations

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

Prisons Rules – Section 53 (Statutory Instrument 39/1964)

PART 1 PRELIMINARY

Correctional Services Code of Conduct Regulations – Section 48 (Statutory Instrument 159/2005)

2. Interpretation

3. Code of Conduct to govern correctional officers

Correctional Services (Establishment of Remand Centre for Juveniles) Order – Section 29(1)(a) (Statutory Instrument 44/2015)

2. Establishment of Remand Centre