Part VIIIPrison Services and the Prison Service

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Prisoner escorts

103Monitoring 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—

a

to keep the arrangements under review and to report on them to the Secretary of State;

b

to investigate and report to the Secretary of State on any allegations made against prisoner custody officers acting in pursuance of the arrangements; and

c

to report to the Secretary of State on any alleged breaches of discipline on the part of prisoners for whose transfer or custody such officers so acting are responsible.

2

In section 7(2) (functions of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland) of the 1989 Act—

a

after “Inspector” there shall be inserted

—

a

b

at the end there shall be inserted—

; and

b

to inspect the conditions in which prisoners are transported or held in pursuance of prisoner escort arrangements (within the meaning of section 102 of the [1994 c. 33.] Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994) and to report to the Secretary of State on them.