Part VIII Prison Services and the Prison Service

Chapter III Northern Ireland

Prisoner escorts

119 Monitoring etc. of prisoner escort arrangements.

(1)

Prisoner escort arrangements shall include the appointment of a prisoner escort monitor, that is to say, a Crown servant whose duty it shall be to keep the arrangements under review and to report on them to the Secretary of State.

(2)

It shall also be the duty of a prisoner escort monitor to investigate and report to the Secretary of State on—

(a)

any allegations made against prisoner custody officers acting in pursuance of the arrangements; and

(b)

any alleged breaches of discipline on the part of prisoners for whose delivery or custody such officers so acting are responsible.