Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

31.   Grave offences

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    (1)   Where an inmate commits any of the following acts—

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      (a)     mutiny or incitement to mutiny;

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      (b)     escape or attempt to escape;

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      (c)     taking part in any assault or attempted assault or attack on any correctional officer or medical personnel including the nurses;

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      (d)     aggravated or repeated assault or attempted assault on any other inmate;

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      (e)     wilful destruction of correctional facility property;

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      (f)     causing wilfully to himself or herself any illness, injury or disability;

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      (g)     persistent repetition of any minor correctional facility offence;

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      (h)     any other act of gross misconduct or gross insubordination;

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      (i)     abetting the commission of any grave correctional facility offence;

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      (j)     bribes or attempts to bribe any correctional officer or medical personnel, including the nurses;

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      (k)     a breach of any correctional facility regulations;

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      (l)     a breach of Correctional Facility Standing Orders,

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    he or she commits a grave correctional facility offence and the matter shall be referred to the Inquiry Committee appointed under section 35, for determination.

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    (2)   Where an inmate is found by the Inquiry Committee to be guilty of a grave correctional facility offence, the Committee may impose any or all of the following punishments—

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      (a)     cellular confinement for any period not exceeding 28 consecutive days in the case of the offences of mutiny or incitement to mutiny, or taking part in any assault or attack on any correctional officer or medical personnel, including nurses;

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      (b)     reduction of diet to number one for any period not exceeding 14 consecutive days;

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      (c)     reduction of diet to number 2 for any period not exceeding 21 consecutive days;

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      (d)     suspension or postponement of any privileges, for any period not exceeding 90 days;

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      (e)     forfeiture of remission for any period not exceeding 90 days;

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      (f)     cellular confinement for a period not exceeding 14 days in any other case other than as mentioned in paragraph (a);

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      (g)     stoppage of earnings for a period not exceeding 28 days.