PRISONS: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

PRISONS: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

ESTABLISHMENT OF PRISONS NOTICE

under s. 3

G.N. 222/1963
268/1970
88/1971
1/1974
89/2020

    The President has declared that the prisons specified in the Schedule shall be prisons under the provisions and for the purposes of the Act.

SCHEDULE

    Class I

        Malawi Government Prison, Blantyre

        Malawi Government Prison, Domasi

        Malawi Government Prison, Dzeleka Farm, Dowa

        Malawi Government Prison, Lilongwe

        Malawi Government Prison, Mikuyu Farm, Zomba

        Malawi Government Prison, Mikuyu, Zomba

        Malawi Government Prison, Mpyupyu Farm, Zomba

        Malawi Government Prison, Zomba

    Class II

G.N. 89/2020

        Balaka Halfway House

        Malawi Government Prison, Bvumbwe Tung Station

        Malawi Government Prison, Chikwawa

        Malawi Government Prison, Chitipa

        Malawi Government Prison, Dedza

        Malawi Government Prison, Karonga

        Malawi Government Prison, Lilongwe Remand

        Malawi Government Prison, Mangochi

        Malawi Government Prison, Mulanje

        Malawi Government Prison, Mzimba

        Malawi Government Prison, Mzuzu

        Malawi Government Prison, Ntcheu

        Malawi Government Prison, Nkhata Bay

        Malawi Government Prison, Nkhotakota

        Malawi Government Prison, Nsanje

        Malawi Government Prison, Thyolo.

PRISON REGULATIONS

PRELIMINARY

    1.    Citation

    2.    Interpretation

PART I
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO PRISON OFFICERS

    3.    Attestation

    4.    Training

    5.    Searching of staff and quarters

    6.    Liberty to resign

    7.    Participation in politics

PART II
POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF PRISON OFFICERS GENERALLY

    8.    Visits and inspections

    9.    Uniforms

    10.    Duty to report irregularities

    11.    Arms, Accoutrements, etc., to be delivered up on discharge

    12.    Representations to Minister or Commissioner

PART III
POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF AN OFFICER IN CHARGE

    13.    Investigation of irregularities

    14.    Cleanliness of prison

    15.    Prison walls, etc.

    16.    Precautions against fire

    17.    Notification of illness and injury of prison officers

    18.    Sick prisoners

    19.    Recommendations of medical officer

    20.    Disposal of body

    21.    Complaints and applications of prisoners

    22.    Prisoner to have facilities to appeal

    23.    Petitions

    24.    Visits and inspections

    25.    Unlock and lock-up

    26.    Reports accounting for prisoners

    27.    Accounts, stores, records, etc.

    28.    Maintenance of arms, ammunition, etc.

    29.    Night visits

    30.    Recreation of prisoners on public holidays

PART IV
POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF MEDICAL OFFICERS

    31.    Medical Inspection

    32.    Labour classification

    33.    Medical attention

    34.    Medical reports on prisoners under sentence of death

    35.    Report on serious medical condition of prisoner

    36.    Vaccination or innoculation

    37.    Pregnancy

    38.    Maintenance of books and records

    39.    Safekeeping of drugs, poisons and surgical instruments

    40.    Application where no medical officer appointed

PART V
VISITING JUSTICES, OFFICIAL VISITORS, MINISTERS OF RELIGION AND PRISONERS’ AID SOCIETIES

    41.    Visiting Justices and official visitors

    42.    Hours at which official visitors may visit prisons

    43.    Ministers of religion

    44.    Prisoners’ aid societies

    45.    Grants to prisoners’ aid societies

    46.    Payment of travelling and subsistence allowances

PART VI
DISCIPLINE OF PRISON OFFICERS

    47.    Complaints against prison officers

    48.    Submission of returns to Commissioner

PART VII
DESERTION

    49.    Desertion

PART VIII
ADMISSION AND CONFINEMENT OF PRISONERS

    50.    New admissions to be interviewed by officer in charge

    51.    Hours of admission

    52.    Ranks of police officers who may sign order

    53.    Diet, clothing, etc., of prisoners

    54.    Diet scale of prisoners may be varied

    55.    Variation of diet, clothing, accessories and cell equipment of individual prisoners

    56.    Prisoners’ property

    57.    Weighing of prisoners

    58.    Haircutting and shaving

    59.    Bathing

    60.    Rights and privileges of prisoner

    61.    Forcible feeding

PART IX
CLASSIFICATION OF PRISONS

    62.    Classification of prisons

    63.    Detention of prisoners in any prison

    64.    Cell accommodation

PART X
CUSTODY, REMOVAL AND RESTRAINT OF PRISONERS

    65.    Medical examination before transfer

    66.    Prisoners under restraint

    67.    Use of handcuffs and leg-irons

    68.    Prisoners’ clothing at court

PART XI
LABOUR OF PRISONERS

    69.    Hours of work

    70.    Days of rest

    71.    Wet weather

    72.    Exercise of prisoners employed on sedentary work

    73.    Prison labour

    74.    Prisoners classified as unfit for labour

    75.    Outside working parties

    76.    Restriction on employment of prisoners

    77.    Prisoners not to be employed in disciplinary capacity

    78.    Prisoner may be ordered not to work in association

    79.    Simple imprisonment

    80.    Labour for female prisoners

PART XII
MAINTENANCE—CIVIL PRISONERS

    81.    Civil prisoner may procure food and other necessaries

    82.    No statistics to be taken of civil prisoner

    83.    Civil prisoners may smoke

    84.    Employment

    85.    Clothing

    86.    Exercise

    87.    Property

    88.    Visits

    89.    Letters

    90.    Restrictions on food, clothing or bedding

    91.    Maintenance of judgment debtor

PART XIII
SEARCHES PROHIBITED ARTICLES AND AREAS

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