S.L. 260.3 Art. 106Visits and inspections by the Board.

(1) The Secretary of the Board together with any other member shall visit and inspect the prison between the monthly meetings of the Board and meet prisoners either at their place of work or study or place of confinement or in such other manner as the Board deems convenient: Provided that any record kept by the members carrying out such a visit or inspection and any complaint received by such members shall be referred to the Board at its next meeting and entered in the minutes.

(2) If the Board so requests, such visits and inspections shall be attended by the Director and any other prison officer or officers designated by the Director.

(3) The prisoners shall be asked if they have any complaints to make with regard to their treatment in the prison and any prisoner wishing to make a complaint shall be heard in such part of the prison as the Board may deem fit:

Provided that no sanction shall be ordered, applied, permitted or tolerated against any person or organization for having communicated to the Board any information, whether true or false, and no such person or organization shall be otherwise prejudiced in any way.

(4) Neither the Director nor any other prison officer shall be present while a prisoner is making a complaint before the Board. The Director, however, shall be heard on any such complaint.

(5) The Board shall keep a record of all complaints made to it by prisoners and its decision thereon, and shall, if it deems necessary, take evidence of the complainant and of such prison officer and other prisoners or other persons as the Board may deem relevant.

(6) Unless it is evidently frivolous or groundless, every request or complaint shall be dealt with and replied to without undue delay.

(7) (a) Where it is not considered practicable by the Board to carry out a visit or an inspection under the foregoing provisions of this regulation by all the members of the Board, a visit or an inspection may be carried out by not less than two members designated for such purpose by the Board.

(b) Such visit shall be deemed a visit or an inspection carried out by the Board, and the foregoing provisions shall apply to any such visit or inspection in the same manner and to the like effect as to one carried out by the Board. Any record kept by the members carrying out such a visit or inspection and any complaint received by such members shall be referred to the Board at its next meeting and entered in the minutes.

(8) The members of the Board may also make such visits or inspections either together or separately at any time, whether by day or night, whenever they consider it desirable to do so. Such visits or inspections may also be made without prior notice to the Director. A report of such visits or inspections shall be made to the Board at its next meeting unless the members carrying out the visit or inspection consider to inform the Board earlier through the Chairman.