9The following matters—
(a)the criminal law;
(b)the creation of offences and penalties;
(c)the prevention and detection of crime and powers of arrest and detention in connection with crime or criminal proceedings;
(d)prosecutions;
(e)the treatment of offenders (including children and young persons, and mental health patients, involved in crime);
(f)the surrender of fugitive offenders between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland;
(g)compensation out of public funds for victims of crime.
Sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) do not include any matter within paragraph 17 of Schedule 2.
Sub-paragraph (e) includes, in particular, prisons and other institutions for the treatment or detention of persons mentioned in that sub-paragraph.