Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

2.   Interpretation

In this Act—

“Assistant Director” means a person appointed as Assistant Director of Correctional Services under section 6;

“Board of Visiting Justices” means the Board appointed under section 39;

“cellular confinement” means the isolation of an inmate in a cell for any period of time and for any reason connected with the incarceration of that person;

“civil inmate” means a person detained in a correctional facility for any cause specified in article 2134 or Article 2135 of the Civil Code or under article 657 of the Code of Civil Procedure;

“Commissioner of Police” means the person appointed as such under section 94 of the Constitution of Saint Lucia;

“correctional facility” means, except otherwise specifically stated, any house, building, enclosure or place declared to be a correctional facility under section 3;

“Correctional Facility Standing Orders” means orders made by the Director under section 10;

“Correctional officer” means, except as otherwise specifically stated, any person holding a rank in the Correctional Services but it does not include the medical personnel;

“criminal inmate” means a person who is duly committed to custody under a writ, warrant, or order, of any court or authority exercising criminal jurisdiction;

“Deputy Director” means a person appointed to be the Deputy Director of Correctional Services under section 6;

“Director” means a person appointed to be the Director of Correctional Services under section 6;

“Gazetted officer” means any Correctional officer of or above the rank of Operations Manager;

“grave correctional facility offence” means any offence specified in section 31;

“inmate” means any person, whether convicted or not, under detention in any correctional facility;

“juvenile delinquent” means any inmate under the age of 16 years;

“legalised police cell” means any place declared to be a legalised police cell under section 5;

“lock-up” means any house, building, enclosure or place declared to be a lock-up under section 4;

“medical officer” means a medical officer assigned to a correctional facility under section 8;

“medical personnel” means except as otherwise specifically stated, the persons assigned to a correctional facility under section 8(1);

“Minister” means the Minister with responsibility for home affairs;

“minor correctional facility offence” means any offence specified in section 32;

“police officer” means a member of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force;

“prohibited article” means–

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   (a)     any liquor, drugs other than drugs for medical use, tobacco, money, clothing other than correctional centre issued clothing, provisions, letter, tool, cellular telephone, pager or any article likely to be prejudicial to the life or safety of any person, or to facilitate any escape from a correctional facility or to be used for purposes prejudicial to correctional facility discipline;

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   (b)     any article the introduction into or removal, out of, the correctional facility or any part thereof is prohibited by this Act or any correctional facility regulations, including any article declared to be a prohibited article under such correctional facility regulations;

“public hospital” means an institution established under the Public Hospitals (Management) Act;

“ungazetted officer” means any Correctional officer below the rank of Operations Manager;

“Visiting Justice” means a member of the Board of Visiting Justices;

“young inmate” means any inmate under the age of 18 years.