PART II PRISONERS
PHYSICAL WELFARE AND WORK
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A convicted prisoner shall be required to do useful work for not more than 10 hours a day, and arrangements shall be made to allow prisoners to work, where possible, outside the cells and in association with one another.
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A registered medical practitioner or registered nurse working within the prison may excuse a prisoner from work on medical grounds.
3
No prisoner shall be set to do work of a kind not authorised by the Secretary of State.
4
No prisoner shall work in the service of another prisoner or an officer, or for the private benefit of any person, without the authority of the Secretary of State.
5
An unconvicted prisoner shall be permitted, if he wishes, to work as if he were a convicted prisoner.
6
Prisoners may be paid for their work at rates approved by the Secretary of State, either generally or in relation to particular cases.