Part VIII Prison Services and the Prison Service
E1Chapter III Northern Ireland
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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.
Pt. VIII Chapter III extends to Northern Ireland only except that ss. 118, 120, 121 and 125 extend also to the British Islands so far as relating to the delivery of prisoners situated in a part of the british Islands outside Northern Ireland see s. 172(14)