Prisons (Amendment) Regulations, 2012

L.N. 435 of 2012

PRISONS ACT

(CAP. 260)

Prisons (Amendment) Regulations, 2012

In exercise of the powers conferred by article 6 of the Prisons

Act, the Minister responsible for the prisons has made the following

The title of these regulations is the Prisons (Amendment) Citation.

Regulations, 2012, and these regulations shall be read and construed

as one with the Prisons Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the S.L. 260.03

principal regulations".

Regulation 14 of the principal regulations shall be deleted.

Deletes

regulation 14 of

the principal

regulations.

Immediately after regulation 116 of the principal Adds new Part

regulations, there shall be added the following new Part and to

regulations.

"PART IV A

Prison Addiction Rehabilitation Management Board

116A. (1) There shall also be established a

Board, to be known as the Prison Addiction

Rehabilitation Management Board which shall, in

compliance with the care plan drafted in respect of

each inmate in accordance with the Restorative Justice

Act, as well as in due consideration of the inmate’s

needs and circumstances, allocate each inmate

requiring treatment for substance abuse and other

dependencies within a specific rehabilitation

programme.

(2)

The Manager, Care and Reintegration

Unit at the Prison, or his representative, shall

communicate to the Board the needs identified in the

care plan in respect of each inmate requiring

treatment.

(3) The representatives of the institutions

providing rehabilitative services to prisoners shall

report to the Board, at least once every six months, on

progress reached in respect of each inmate following a

rehabilitation course at their institution. The Board

shall determine the content of the reports, which as a

minimum shall include information on the behaviour

of each inmate and the degree of commitment shown

towards rehabilitation.

(4) The Board shall regulate its own

proceedings.

116B. (1) The Board shall be composed of

(a)

a Chairman, who shall be appointed

by the Minister;

(b)

a representative of each institution

providing rehabilitative services to inmates at the

Prison; and

(c)

the

Manager,

Care

and

Reintegration Unit at the Prison, or his

representative.

(2)

The Board members shall hold office for

a period of one year which may be renewable for

subsequent terms. Each institution represented on the

Board shall communicate to the Minister its lawful

representative on the board and its alternate member.".

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