S.L. 260.3 Art. 29Work.

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, prisoners sentenced to imprisonment shall be required, subject to the needs of security, discipline and good order, to do useful work for not more than fifty hours a week in accordance with the treatment objectives of the prison regime and their training programme, regard being had to their age, sex, fitness and, so far as practicable, their personal skills and wishes in relation to the type of work available at the prison. Arrangements shall be made to allow prisoners to work, where possible, outside the cells, and in association with one another. No unnecessary work shall be required to be done on Sundays and public holidays.

(2) No work shall be of an afflictive nature.

(3) The Medical Officer may excuse a prisoner from work on medical grounds, and no prisoner shall be set to do work which is not of a kind for which he has been passed by the Medical Officer as being fit.

(4) Except as may be authorised in writing by the Minister, no prisoner shall work in the service of another prisoner or a prison officer, or for the private benefit of any person.

(5) Unconvicted prisoners and prisoners sentenced to detention shall be permitted, if they so wish, to work as if they were sentenced to imprisonment.

(6) Prisoners shall be remunerated for their work at such rates as may be approved by the Minister.

(7) The Minister may establish a system whereby a prisoner is required to allocate such earnings for the following purposes:

(a) support for his family,

(b) compensation for victims of crime,

(c) a savings fund to be handed to him on his release, and

(d) the prisoner’s personal requirements.

(8) The work performed in prison shall, so far as possible, be carried out under conditions comparable to similar work outside the prison. Due safety and health precautions shall be ensured by the Director.