S.L. 260.3 Art. 52Letters and visits. Cap. 9.

(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (11), an unconvicted prisoner may send and receive as many letters and may receive as many visits within such limits and subject to such conditions, as the Minister may direct, either generally, or in particular cases.

(2) A convicted prisoner shall be entitled:

(a) to send and receive a letter on his admission to prison and thereafter once a week; and

(b) to receive a visit once a week.

(3) The Director may allow a prisoner to send or receive an additional letter or visit where necessary for his welfare or that of his family.

(4) The Director may allow a prisoner entitled to a visit to send and receive a letter instead.

(5) The Director may defer the right of a prisoner to a visit until the expiration of any period of cellular confinement.

(6) A prisoner shall not be entitled under this regulation to receive a visit from any person other than those as are referred to in regulation 50 except with the leave of the Minister.

(7) Subject to any direction of the Minister under regulation 51(5), the duration of any visit and the number of visitors in respect of any particular visit shall be established by the Director according to the needs of security, discipline and good order.

(8) Visits, other than those referred to in regulations 53 and 54, shall take place in the room or rooms designated for such purpose by the Director who may also permit visits to take place outside such rooms on special grounds and under appropriate supervision.

(9) A full record shall be kept in an appropriate register of all visits to prisoners and such record shall include the date and time of the visits and particulars relating to the identity of the visitor.

(10) Letters and visits under regulations 53, 54 and 55 or from a representative of any such organisation outside prison as is referred to in regulation 50 shall not be counted as letters or visits for the purposes of this regulation.

(11) The foregoing provisions of this regulation and the provisions of regulation 53(2) and (3) shall be subject and without prejudice to the provisions of article 408, article 431(2) and article 437 of the Criminal Code.