S.L. 260.3 Art. 104Functions of the Board.

The Board shall have the following functions:

(a) to satisfy itself as to the treatment of prisoners, the state of prison premises and the administration of the prison;

(b) monitor the administration of the prison disciplinary system and inform the Minister of its findings; this includes the authority to request the Director for a report from time to time on disciplinary hearings of prisoners;

(c) to advise the Minister on any matter relating to the care and rehabilitation of prisoners, as well as to the organisation and improvement of the prison and the prison service, which the Minister may refer to it or any ancillary matter on which the Board deems it opportune to tender its advice to the Minister;

(d) to advise the Minister on matters relating to work, education and training activities to be performed by the prisoners;

(e) to inquire into and report upon any matter which it deems proper, or the Minister requests it, to enquire into;

(f) to act as the body responsible for a National Preventive Mechanism for the prevention of torture, as provided for in the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Torture; and

(g) to perform such other functions as are assigned to it under these regulations.