Prison Act 1952

1. Introductory Text

2. Central administration

   1. 1. General control over prisons

   2. 2. The Prison Commissioners

   3. 3. Officers and servants of Prison Commissioners

   4. 4. General duties of Prison Commissioners

   5. 5. Annual report of Prison Commissioners

3. Visiting committees, and boards of visitors

   1. 6. Visiting committees and boards of visitors

4. Prison officers

   1. 7. Prison officers

   2. 8. Powers of prison officers

   3. 9. Exercise of office of chaplain

   4. 10. Appointment of prison ministers

   5. 11. Ejectment of prison officers and their families refusing to quit

5. Confinement and treatment of prisoners

   1. 12. Place of confinement of prisoners

   2. 13. Legal custody of prisoner

   3. 14. Cells

   4. 15. Separation of male and female prisoners

   5. 16. Photographing and measuring of prisoners

   6. 17. Painful tests

   7. 18. Corporal punishment in prisons

   8. 19. Right of justice to visit prison

   9. 20. Duty of governor to deliver calendar of prisoners

   10. 21. Expenses of conveyance to prison

   11. 22. Removal of prisoners for judicial and other purposes

   12. 23. Power of constable etc. to act outside his jurisdiction

6. Length of sentence, release on licence and temporary discharge

   1. 24. Calculation of term of sentence

   2. 25. Remission for good conduct and release on licence of persons sentenced to terms of imprisonment

   3. 26. Release on licence of persons sentenced to corrective training or preventive detention

   4. 27. Release on licence of persons serving imprisonment for life

   5. 28. Power of Secretary of State to discharge prisoners temporarily on account of ill health

7. Discharged prisoners

   1. 29. Notification of address by discharged prisoners

   2. 30. Certification of Discharged Prisoners Aid Societies

   3. 31. Allowance to discharged prisoner

   4. 32. Expenses of return from prison of discharged prisoner

8. Provision, maintenance and closing of prisons

   1. 33. Power to provide prisons, etc.

   2. 34. Jurisdiction of sheriff, etc.

   3. 35. Legal estate in prison

   4. 36. Acquisition of land for prisons

   5. 37. Closing of prisons

   6. 38. Re-conveyance of closed prisons

9. Offences

   1. 39. Assisting prisoner to escape

   2. 40. Unlawful conveyance of spirits or tobacco into prison, etc.

   3. 41. Unlawful introduction of other articles

   4. 42. Display of notice of penalties

10. Remand centres, detention centres and Borstal institutions

    1. 43. Remand centres, detention centres and Borstal institutions

    2. 44. Transfers from prison to Borstal institution and vice versa

    3. 45. Release of person sentenced to Borstal training

    4. 46. Temporary detention of persons liable to detention in a Borstal institution

11. Rules for the management of prisons and other institutions

    1. 47. Rules for the management of prisons, remand centres, detention centres and Borstal institutions

12. Miscellaneous

    1. 48. Removal of prisoners, etc. to and from Scotland and from the Isle of Man or Channel Islands

    2. 49. Persons unlawfully at large

    3. 50. Application of certain provisions to remand homes and attendance centres

13. Supplemental

    1. 51. Payment of expenses out of moneys provided by Parliament

    2. 52. Exercise of power to make orders, rules and regulations

    3. 53. Interpretation

    4. 54. Consequential amendments, repeals and savings

    5. 55. Short title, commencement and extent

14. SCHEDULES

    1. FIRST SCHEDULE

       Registration of Address and Reporting at Police Stations by Discharged Prisoners

       1. 1. (1) Any person to whom this Schedule applies shall—

       2. 2. (1) If any person fails without reasonable excuse to comply...

       3. 3. (1) Any appointment, direction or permission purporting to be signed...

       4. 4. (1) For the purposes of this Schedule, a person shall...

       5. 5. It shall be the duty of a chief officer of...

    2. SECOND SCHEDULE

       Provisions relating to persons in Scotland after discharge from prisons, etc., in England

       1. 1. Where any person serving a term of imprisonment for life...

       2. 2. Where any person sentenced to Borstal training by a court...

       3. 3. Where any person sentenced by a court in England to...

       4. 4. Where any person serving a sentence of imprisonment is released...

       5. 5. Where, under section twenty-two of the Criminal Justice Act, 1948,...

    3. THIRD SCHEDULE

       Consequential Amendments

       1. The Mental Deficiency Act, 1913

       2. The Firearms Act, 1937

       3. The Criminal Justice Act, 1948

       4. The Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act, 1951

    4. FOURTH SCHEDULE

       Enactments Repealed

       1. PART I

          1. Repeals not extending to Scotland

       2. PART II

          1. Repeals extending to Scotland