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19 of 1926
Amended by
29 of 1928
20 of 1936
9 of 1942
21 of 1945
13 of 1993
66 of 2000
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Index of Subsidiary Legislation
Page
Young Offenders (Male) Detention Regulations (G. 2.7.36, 6.10.41) … 10

Delegation of Powers
For Note on Delegation of Powers—See LN 169/1957.

Note on Adaptation
Under paragraph 6 of the Second Schedule to the Law Revision Act (Ch. 3:03) the Commission
amended certain references to public officers in this Chapter. The Minister’s approval of the
amendments was signified by LN 120/1980, but no marginal reference is made to this Notice
where any such amendment is made in the text.

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CHAPTER 13:05

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

SECTION

1. Short title.
2. Establishment of Industrial Institution.
3. Institution to be under control of Commissioner of Prisons.
4. Officers.
5. Regulations.
6. Application of Prisons Act.
7. Power of Courts to pass sentence of detention in Institution.
8. Application to Industrial School offences.
9. Order of detention.
10. Order to be authority for detention.
11. Police to take person committed to the Institution.
12. Power to release on licence.
Termination of licence.
Revocation of licence.
Forfeiture of licence.
Warrant.
Time of detention and licence how computed.
Form of licence.
12A. Power to grant leave to attend schools.
13. (Repealed by Act No. 66 of 2000).
14. Transfer from prison to Institution.
15. Escaping from Institution.
Period of escape not reckoned in the period of detention.
Assisting to escape and harbouring, etc.

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1950 Ed.
Ch. 11. No. 9.
19 of 1926.
Commencement.

Short title.

Establishment
of Industrial
Institution.

Institution to be
under control of
Commissioner
of Prisons.
Officers.

Regulations.
[13 of 1993].

*Youth Training Centre, Golden Grove, proclaimed an Industrial Institution—GN 85–1949.

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YOUNG OFFENDERS DETENTION ACT

An Act to provide for the Reformation of Young Offenders
and for their detention in an Industrial Institution.

[6TH NOVEMBER 1962]
1. This Act may be cited as the Young Offenders Detention Act.
2. (1) It shall be lawful for the Minister by Proclamation to
establish an Industrial Institution* (hereinafter referred to as “the
Institution”) in which young offenders whilst detained may be
given such industrial training and other instruction, and be
subject to such disciplinary and moral influences as will conduce
to their reformation and the prevention of crime.
(2) The expense attendant upon the establishment,
conduct and maintenance of the Institution shall be paid out of
moneys voted by Parliament.
3. The Institution shall be under the direction and control of
the Commissioner of Prisons.
4. The Minister may appoint such officers and instructors
for the Institution as he thinks fit.
5. The Minister may make Regulations for all or any of the
following matters:
(a) the trades or employments which the persons

detained in the Institution are to be taught and
employed at or the academic or vocational
training they may receive;

(b) the management of the Institution;
(c) the discipline of the Institution and the

punishment of offences committed by the
officers thereof and the persons detained therein;

(d) the classification of the persons detained in the
Institution;

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Application of
Prisons Act.
Ch. 13:01.

Power of
Courts to pass
sentence of
detention in
Institution.
[11 of 2014].

(e) the clothing and diet of the person detained in
the Institution;

(f) the establishment of a system of marks and of
rewards for good conduct;

(g) the remission for good conduct of part of the time
for which a person has been sent to the Institution;

(h) the awarding of gratuities on discharge; and
(i) generally for the better carrying out of the

provisions of this Act.

6. Subject to Regulations made under this Act, sections 8,
11, 12, 13 and 14 of the Prisons Act, shall, with the necessary
modifications, apply in the case of the Institution as if it were a
prison within the meaning of the said Act.

7. (1) Where a person is convicted before the High Court
on indictment of any offence other than murder, or before a Court
of Summary Jurisdiction of any offence for which he is liable to
be sentenced to imprisonment, and it appears to such Court—
(a) that the person is not less than sixteen nor more

than eighteen years of age, and
(b) that by reason of his antecedents or mode of life

it is expedient that he should be subject to
detention for such term and under such
instruction and discipline as appears most
conducive to his reformation and the repression
of crime,

the Court may, in lieu of sentencing him to the punishment
provided by law for the offence for which he was convicted, pass
a sentence of detention under penal discipline in the Institution
for a term of not less than three years nor more than four years.
(2) Before passing such a sentence the Court shall be
satisfied that the character, state of health, and mental condition
of the offender, and the other circumstances of the case, are such
that the offender is likely to profit by such instruction and
discipline as aforesaid.

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Application to
Industrial
School offences.
Ch. 46:01.

Order of
detention.

Order to be
authority for
detention.

(3) (Repealed by Act No. 11 of 2014).
(4) Where a Court has convicted a person of any offence
to which subsection (1) applies, the Court may before passing a
sentence of detention as therein provided, in addition to any other
powers conferred upon it by any other law, commit the person
convicted to prison or to such other safe custody as it thinks fit
for such period not exceeding one month as it may deem
necessary for the purpose of ascertaining whether it is expedient
to pass such a sentence of detention.
(5) Where a Court has committed a person in the manner
herein provided, the Court may cause the person so committed to
be brought before it at any time prior to the expiration of the
period for which he was committed and thereupon to pass
sentence according to law.

8. Where a youthful offender sentenced to detention in an
Industrial School (as defined in the Children Act) is convicted
under any Act before a Magistrate of the offence of committing a
breach of the rules of that school, or of inciting to such a breach,
or of escaping from such a school, and the Magistrate might under
that Act sentence the offender to imprisonment, the Magistrate
may, in lieu of sentencing him to imprisonment, sentence him to
detention in the Institution for a term not less than three years nor
more than four years, and in such case the sentence shall
supersede the sentence of detention in the Industrial School.

9. The order of a Judge or Magistrate sending any person to
the Institution (hereinafter referred to as the “order of detention”)
shall be in writing and shall specify the period for which such
person is to be detained in the Institution, and may be in such
form as the Minister may prescribe.

10. The order of detention shall be forwarded to the
Commissioner of Prisons with the person, and shall be sufficient
warrant for the conveyance of the person thither and his detention
in the Institution.

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Police to take
person
committed to
the Institution.

Power to
release on
licence.

Termination
of licence.

Revocation
of licence.

Forfeiture of
licence.

Warrant.

11. Every person sentenced to detention in the Institution
shall be taken there by the Police and may be detained in any
prison or Police Station until he can be so taken.

12. (1) Subject to Regulations by the Minister, the
Commissioner of Prisons may at any time after the expiration of
six months from the commencement of the term of detention, if
satisfied that there is a reasonable probability that the offender
will abstain from crime and lead a useful and industrious life, by
licence permit him to be discharged from the Institution on
condition that he be placed under the supervision or authority of
any society or person named in the licence who may be willing
to take charge of the case.
(2) A licence under this section shall be in force until the
term for which the offender was sentenced to detention has
expired, unless sooner revoked or forfeited.
(3) Subject to Regulations by the Minister, a licence
under this section may be revoked at any time by the
Commissioner of Prisons, and where a licence has been revoked,
the person to whom the licence related shall return to the
Institution, and if he fails to do so may be apprehended without
warrant and taken to the Institution.
(4) If a person absent from the Institution under such a
licence escapes from the supervision of the society or person in
whose charge he is placed, or commits any breach of the
conditions contained in the licence, he shall be considered
thereby to have forfeited the licence.
(5) The Magistrate of the district in which the Institution
is situate or where such a person is found may, on information
on oath that the licence has been forfeited under this section,
issue a warrant for his apprehension, and he shall, on
apprehension, be brought before such Magistrate who, if satisfied
that the licence has been forfeited, may order him to be remitted
to the Institution.

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Time of
detention and
licence how
computed.

Form of licence.

Power to grant
leave to attend
schools.
[13 of 1993].

Transfer from
prison to
Institution.

(6) The time during which a person is absent from the
Institution under such a licence shall be treated as part of the time
of his detention in the Institution; but where that person has failed
to return to the Institution on the licence being forfeited or
revoked, the time which elapses after his failure so to return shall
be excluded in computing the time during which he is to be
detained in the Institution.
(7) A licence under this section shall be in such form
and shall contain such conditions as may be prescribed by
Regulations made by the Minister.

12A. (1) Subject to Regulations, the Commissioner of Prisons
may grant leave, by permit to an offender to be absent from the
Institution for such periods and subject to such conditions as are
specified in the permit for the purpose of attending any
educational or vocational institute.
(2) A permit under this section shall be in force until the
end of the course of training or the examinations connected with
such course, as the case may be, at an educational or vocational
institute or unless sooner revoked or forfeited.
(3) An offender who is granted a permit under
subsection (1) shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be
in the charge of the Commissioner of Prisons.
(4) The Commissioner of Prisons may at any time in
writing revoke a permit issued under subsection (1).
(5) Subsections (3), (4), (5) and (6) of section 12 apply
to permits as they apply to licences.
(6) A permit under this section shall be in such form and
shall contain such conditions as may be prescribed.

13. (Repealed by Act No. 66 of 2000).

14. The Minister may, if satisfied that a person undergoing
imprisonment, being within the limits of age within which a person
may be detained in the Institution, might with advantage be detained

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Escaping from
Institution.
Ord. 9.–1942.

Period of
escape not
reckoned in
period of
detention.

Assisting to
escape and
harbouring,
etc.

in the Institution, authorise the Commissioner of Prisons to
transfer him from prison to the Institution, there to serve the
whole or any part of the unexpired residue of his sentence, and
whilst detained in the Institution this Act shall apply to him as if
he had been originally sentenced to detention in the Institution.

15. (1) If any person detained in the Institution escapes
therefrom, he may, at any time before the expiration of his period
of detention, be apprehended without warrant, and may be then
brought before a Magistrate; and he shall be liable on summary
conviction to be brought back to the Institution and to have the
period of detention therein increased by such period, not
exceeding six months, as the Magistrate directs.
(2) In computing the time during which a person who
having escaped, is brought back to the Institution, is thereafter
liable to be detained in the Institution, the time during which he
is absent from the Institution shall not be reckoned as part of the
period of detention.
(3) Any person who—
(a) knowingly assists, either directly or indirectly,

any person detained in the Institution to escape
therefrom, or

(b) directly or indirectly induces any such person to
escape from the Institution, or

(c) knowingly harbours, conceals or prevents from
returning to the Institution any person who has
escaped therefrom, or knowingly assists in so
doing,

is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of one thousand, five
hundred dollars, or to imprisonment for three months.

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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

YOUNG OFFENDERS (MALE) DETENTION
REGULATIONS

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
REGULATION
1. Citation.

MANAGEMENT
2. Direction and control of the Institution.
3. Board meetings.
4. Board Minute Book.
5. Monthly visit to Institution.
6. Discharge Board.

OFFICER IN CHARGE
7. Officer in charge.
8. Responsibility of officer in charge.
9. Medical Officer.
10. Instructions from Medical Officer.
11. Presence of officer in charge.
12. Record of each inmate.
13. Inmate to be seen by Medical Officer.
14. Admission of inmate.
15. Clothing and equipment.

MEDICAL OFFICER
16. Responsibility of Medical Officer.
17. Medical Officer to keep record of each inmate.
18. Entry in Journal.
19. Examination of inmate.
20. Quarterly report on inmates’ health.
21. Examination prior to discharge.

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REGULATION
22. Remaining in Infirmary after discharge.
23. Medical Officer to conform to Regulations.
24. Presence of Medical Officer.
25. Health of inmate.

THE EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTORS
26. Educational Instructors.
27. Training of inmates.
28. Record to be kept.
29. Additional duties.
30. Annual leave.

RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION
31. Visits by Ministers of religion.
32. Divine Service.
33. Sick inmates.
34. Ministers to conform to Regulations.
35. Keeping of Journal.
36. Visits to inmates under punishment.

GRADES
37. Grades.

CONDUCT GRADES
38. Conduct Grades.
39. Promotion to Conduct Grade.
40. Unfit for promotion.

PENAL GRADE
41. Placing in a Penal Grade.
42. Report showing cause of entry into Penal Grade.
43. Separation of inmates.

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ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS—Continued
REGULATION

DISCHARGE GRADE
44. Appearance before Discharge Board.
45. After-care Officer.
46. Removal from Discharge Grade.
47. Savings.

WORK GRADES
48. Work Grades.

FIELD LABOURERS
49. Classes of Field Labourers.
50. Time spent in classes.

TRADESMEN
51. Request to become a tradesman.
52. Selection of a trade.
53. Classes of tradesmen.
54. Promotion.

PAYMENT
55. Weekly payment.
56. Deposit of earnings.
57. Revocation of licence.

DISCHARGE
58. Purchase of tools.
59. Tools remain property of Prison Department.

LETTERS
60. Letters.

VISITS
61. Visits.

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WEEKEND LEAVE
62. Weekend leave.
63. Privileges.

PUNISHMENTS
64. Punishments.

RELEASE ON LICENCE AND REVOCATION THEREOF
65. Licence Forms.
66. Forfeiture or revocation of licence.

MISCELLANEOUS RULES
67. Discharge.
68. Institution open to visitors.
69. Previous life of inmate.
70. Nicknames and slang terms.
71. Conduct of inmates.
72. Prohibited articles.
73. Officers subject to Prison Rules.
74. Approved games.
75. Application of incompatible Prison Rules.

VOCATIONAL OR ACADEMIC TRAINING
76. Permission to attend institute for training.
77. Continuation of course begun before detention.
78. Commissioner in loco parentis.
79. Inmate to return to Institution each day.
80. Form of Permit.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
THIRD SCHEDULE.

REGULATION

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G. 2.7.36
[6.10.41
174/1951
123/1980
143/1993].

Citation.

Direction and
control of the
Institution.

Board meetings.

Board Minute
Book.

Monthly visit to
Institution.

*Youth Training Centre, Golden Grove, proclaimed an Industrial Institution—See GN 85-1949.

YOUNG OFFENDERS (MALE) DETENTION
REGULATIONS

made under section 5

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Young Offenders
(Male) Detention Regulations.

MANAGEMENT
2. The Young Offenders (Male) Detention Institution*
hereinafter referred to as “the Institution” shall be under the
direction and control of the Commissioner of Prisons, who shall
be assisted by a Board of Management, consisting of the
Inspector of Prisons (ex officio) and five other persons appointed
by the Minister, who shall hold office for three years, unless
sooner determined by the Minister.
3. The Board shall meet at least once quarterly. At such
meetings the Inspector of Prisons shall be Chairman; in his
absence the members shall elect one of their number as
Chairman. Three members shall constitute a Quorum. In
addition to the members of the Board, the Superintendent of
Prisons, the Assistant Superintendent in charge of the Institution,
and the After-care Officer shall attend the meetings of the Board,
whenever this course shall be practicable.
4. A record of the proceedings at the meetings of the Board
shall be kept in a book to be known as the Board Minute Book,
and shall be signed by the Chairman after having been confirmed
at the next subsequent meeting of the Board. Such Minute Book
shall be available at all reasonable times to members of the
Board, and to the Commissioner of Prisons.
5. One member of the Board of Management shall be
deputed by the Chairman to visit the Institution each month,
when he shall hear and record all complaints and requests made
by inmates, recording any observations he may desire to make in
the Official Visitors Book, together with any recommendations
he may consider necessary.

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Discharge
Board.

Officer in
charge.

Responsibility
of officer in
charge.

Medical Officer.

Instructions
from Medical
officer.

Presence of
officer in
charge.

Record of each
inmate.

Inmate to be
seen by Medical
Officer.

6. A Discharge Board shall be formed consisting of the
Inspector of Prisons, the Commissioner of Prisons, and the After-
care Officer. This Board shall meet monthly and shall decide on
the fitness for Discharge (or otherwise) of all inmates who have
reached the 7th or Discharge Grade.

OFFICER IN CHARGE
7. The officer in charge duly appointed by the Minister
shall, subject to the directions of the Commissioner of Prisons, be
in immediate charge of the Institution, and of the Staff appointed
to the Institution; he shall be responsible for the proper
management of the Institution and for the maintenance of good
order and discipline of the Staff and inmates.

8. The officer in charge shall be responsible for seeing that
each inmate receives rations in accordance with the appropriate
Dietary scale as set out in the Second Schedule hereto.

9. He shall cause to be delivered to the Medical Officer lists
of all inmates awaiting adjudication for Institutional Offences, all
inmates under punishment, and all inmates complaining of
sickness or those who have been removed to the Infirmary or to
a sick-cell.

10. He shall carry out such instructions as the Medical Officer
may give relative to the treatment of a sick inmate.

11. He shall be present at all corporal punishments inflicted
in the Institution.

12. He shall record a full description of each inmate as soon
as possible after admission to the Institution, and prior to the
inmate being put to labour, and shall endeavour to obtain some
account of the inmate’s previous history.

13. He shall see that no inmate is put to labour until seen by
the Medical Officer.

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Admission of
inmate.

Clothing and
equipment.

Responsibility
of Medical
Officer.

Medical Officer
to keep record
for each inmate.

Entry in Journal.

Examination of
inmate.

Quarterly report
on inmates’
health.

14. He shall cause every inmate to bathe on admission and
shall ensure that no new inmate shall be placed in a dormitory
prior to being seen by the Medical Officer.

15. He shall ensure that every inmate is clad in sufficient
clothing, and that he is issued with night clothing and such other
equipment as may be necessary for his well-being and comfort.

MEDICAL OFFICER
16. The Medical Officer shall be held responsible for the
hygiene of the Institution, and for the medical treatment of the
inmates and Staff. The Officer in charge should frequently
consult the Medical Officer as to the well-being of the Staff, and
the sanitary state of the Institution.
17. The Medical Officer shall keep a Medical record for each
inmate of the Institution. Such record shall be kept under the care
of the Dispenser in the Infirmary, and when an inmate is sick
there shall be recorded thereon the disease, history of case, and
treatment, including any extra diet ordered. There shall also be
recorded thereon the inmate’s weight on admission to the
Institution, and his weight on the 5th of each month thereafter.
18. The Medical Officer shall enter in his Journal an account
of all medicines or Medical treatment ordered at each visit, with
such observations or explanations as he may consider necessary.
19. He shall examine each inmate as early as possible after
admission and prior to his being put to labour and specify the
class of labour of which he is capable, recording at the same time
his state of health.
20. Once in every quarter he shall report in writing to the
Commissioner of Prisons the general state of health of the inmates,
the ailments which have been most prevalent, and whether any
connection is possible between the prevalent diseases and the
locality or state of the Institution, or the diets, employments, or any
other avoidable circumstances. In addition the number of deaths,
and of hospital cases occurring during the quarter shall be reported.

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Examination
prior to
discharge.

Remaining in
Infirmary after
discharge.

Medical
Officer to
conform to
Regulations.

Presence of
Medical Officer.

Health of
inmate.

Educational
Instructors.

21. He shall examine all inmates prior to their discharge,
making the following entries in both the Medical Journal, and in
the inmate’s record:
(a) age;
(b) state of health, together with any comment on

the ultimate result of any prior disease;
(c) weight.

22. In consultation with the Commissioner of Prisons the
Medical Officer may permit any inmate due for discharge to remain
in the Infirmary should his state of health render such a course
desirable. Should the inmate refuse to follow such a course and
require to be discharged, he shall record all the facts of the case,
both in the Medical Journal, and in the inmate’s medical record.

23. He shall conform to the Regulations, and shall not
interfere with the working of the Institution as regards the safe
custody, discipline or labour of the inmates, and shall by every
means in his power support the Commissioner in the maintenance
of good order and discipline.

24. He shall be present at all corporal punishments inflicted
in the Institution.

25. Whenever he is of the opinion that the health of any inmate
is suffering by reason of his detention in the Institution, or that his
physical condition or mental state is such that he is permanently
unfitted for Institutional training, he shall report these facts for the
information of the Minister. Such reports shall be forwarded
through the Commissioner of Prisons, and shall be accompanied by
such recommendations as the Medical Officer may desire to make.

THE EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTORS
26. The Educational Instructors shall be selected by the
Commissioner of Prisons. They shall instruct the inmates, and
perform such other duties as may be directed, at such hours as
may be required, by the Commissioner of Prisons.

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Training of
inmates.

Record to be
kept.

Additional
duties.

Annual leave.

Visits by
Ministers of
religion.

Divine Service

Sick inmates.

Ministers to
conform to
Regulations.

27. Special attention shall be paid to the moral, mental,
physical and educational training of the inmates; they shall receive
instruction in reading, writing, ciphering and hobbies, as well as in
personal hygiene and physical drill. It will be the duty of the
Instructors to organise approved games for the inmates.

28. The Instructors shall keep a record of all educational
books and materials, including those required for handicrafts and
hobbies. The Assistant Instructor shall be entirely responsible for
the management of the Library for the use of the inmates.

29. The Instructors shall also perform such educational or
clerical work in the Prisons as may be required by the
Commissioner of Prisons.

30. They shall be entitled to ten weeks’ leave annually,
subject to the exigencies of the service, which leave may be taken
at a period indicated by the Commissioner of Prisons.

RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION
31. Ministers of religion may with the sanction of the
Minister visit inmates of their own denominations when they are
not actually engaged at labour or in school on any day of the
week between the hours of 9.00 a.m. and 8.00 p.m.

32. They may hold Divine Service on such days, and at such
hours as may be arranged in consultation with the Officer in
charge of the Institution.

33. They may visit all sick inmates belonging to their
respective denominations and may attend at all reasonable hours
any inmate who may require spiritual advice or assistance.

34. They shall at once communicate to the Commissioner of
Prisons any abuse or impropriety in the Institution which may come
to their notice. They shall conform to the Regulations and shall not
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Keeping of
Journal.

Visits to
inmates under
punishment.

Grades.

Conduct
Grades.

Promotion to
Conduct Grade.

custody, discipline, or labour of the inmates, and shall by every
means in their power support the Commissioner in the
maintenance of good order and discipline.

35. They shall keep a Journal, in which they shall enter
any observations they may desire to make, and the Officer in
charge of the Institution shall bring this Journal to the notice
of the Commissioner of Prisons whenever observations are
made therein.

36. They may visit such inmates of their own religious
denomination as may be under punishment or under special discipline.

GRADES
37. There shall be two types of Grade—“Conduct” and
“Work” grades.

CONDUCT GRADES
38. Persons sentenced to detention in the Institution shall be
divided into the following conduct grades:
Penal, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and Discharge Grades.
Those grades above the 3rd Grade shall be collectively
known as the “Special” Grade.

39. During the first three months of his detention every
inmate shall be under observation, and shall not be placed in any
grade. At the end of that period, if his conduct at work, at school,
and at games has been satisfactory, he may be promoted to the
1st Conduct Grade. Three months after promotion to the
1st Conduct Grade, provided the same conditions are fulfilled, he
may be promoted to the 2nd Conduct Grade, and similarly to the
other grades up to the Discharge Grade. The Commissioner of
Prisons may authorise accelerated promotion to any grade as a
reward for exceptional good conduct or ability, and he may also
order reduction to any grade in cases of misconduct or laziness.

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Unfit for
promotion.

Placing in a
Penal Grade.

Report showing
cause of entry
into Penal
Grade.

Separation of
inmates.

Appearance
before
Discharge
Board.

After-care
Officer.

Removal from
Discharge
Grade.

40. Should an inmate be considered unfit for promotion to
any particular grade, promotion will be delayed one month, and
the promotion of the inmate to that particular grade shall thereafter
be considered month by month until promotion is obtained.

PENAL GRADE
41. If an inmate is believed to be exercising a bad influence
upon other inmates he may be placed in the Penal Grade by order
of the Commissioner of Prisons, but no inmate may be kept therein
longer than is necessary in the interest of other inmates or himself.
42. All inmates in the Penal Grade, and all who have served
in the Penal Grade during the preceding quarter, shall be brought
to the particular attention of the Board of Management at the next
quarterly Board Meeting, when a report will be made showing
the cause of entry into Penal Grade, and progress made therein.
43. All inmates in the Penal Grade shall be separated from
well-conducted inmates both at work, and by night, and shall
perform useful work of a hard and laborious nature, for which no
payment shall be made.

DISCHARGE GRADE
44. Inmates placed in the Discharge Grade shall be brought
before the Discharge Board at the next subsequent meeting of
that body.
45. The Officer in charge of the Institution shall render to the
After-care Officer a report on the progress of the inmates in the
Institution, and the After-care Officer shall prepare for the
Discharge Board a prognosis of the inmates prospects on discharge.
46. An inmate shall only be removed from the Discharge
Grade by the orders of the Discharge Board, except in the case of
an inmate due for Discharge before the next meeting of the Board,
when it shall be competent for the Commissioner of Prisons to defer
the discharge of such inmate until such times as the Board hold their
next meeting, when the inmate shall be brought before them.

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Savings.

Work Grades.

Classes of Field
Labourers.

Time spent in
classes.

Request to
become a
tradesman.

Selection of
a trade.

47. No inmate shall be placed in the Discharge Grade who
has not at least $2.40 in the Savings Bank.

WORK GRADES
48. Persons sentenced to detention in the Institution shall be
divided into Field Labourers and Tradesmen.

FIELD LABOURERS
49. The Field Labourers shall be divided into five classes,
Class 5 being the lowest.
50. Subject to satisfactory work the time spent in the various
classes shall be—

Class 5, Class 4 and Class 3, three months each. Class 2, six
months, and Class 1, until discharge or until transfer to
Tradesman.

Promotion to any class may be delayed on account of
unsatisfactory work, the inmate being reconsidered for
promotion month by month until promotion is obtained.

TRADESMEN
51. On reaching Class 4 and not before, an inmate may ask to
become a Tradesman, and specify the particular trade for which he
has a preference. If his work and conduct have been good, his
name shall be entered in the Work Class book on the waiting list
for that particular trade, or such other trade as the officer in charge
of the Institution may consider suitable to that particular
individual, and the inmate will then await his turn to fill a vacancy
in the appropriate trade party, provided that no inmate shall
become a Tradesman prior to promotion to Class 3.
52. One of the following trades may be selected: Cabinet-
maker, Carpenter, Tailor, Shoemaker, Gardener, or Agricultural
labourer, but the decision as to which trade an inmate shall learn
shall be in the discretion of the Superintendent in charge of the
Institution.

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Classes of
tradesmen.

Promotion.

Weekly
payment.
[123/1980].

53. Tradesmen shall be divided into five classes as shown
below and the minimum time spent in each class shall be—
Novice Class B … … 3 months
Novice Class A … … 3 months
Junior Apprentice … … 6 months
Senior Apprentice … … 6 months
Improver … … Until discharge.

54. When the minimum period has been spent in any
particular class, the inmate shall be considered for promotion to
the next higher class, and if considered unfit for promotion he
shall thereafter be considered month by month until promotion is
obtained.

PAYMENT
55. (1) Subject to this regulation an inmate is eligible to be
paid for work done at the rates set out below—

Field Labourers
On reception and while in Class 5 no remuneration;
Class 4 … … … 30¢ per week
Class 3 … … … 60¢ per week
Class 2 … … … 90¢ per week
Class 1 until discharge or until
transfer to Tradesman … $1.20 per week.

Tradesmen
Novice Class B … … 60¢ per week
Novice Class A … … 80¢ per week
Junior Apprentice … $1.00 per week
Senior Apprentice … $1.20 per week
Improver until discharge … $1.40 per week.
(2) Weekly payments are not as of right but are
dependent upon good conduct and work.
(3) There shall be deducted from weekly payments
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Deposit of
earnings.

Revocation of
licence.

Purchase of
tools.

Tools remain
property of
Prison
Department.

Letters.

subscriptions and deductions as may be authorised by the
Commissioner of Prisons.
56. Inmates may elect to deposit in the Savings Bank such
portion of their earnings as they may desire, and on the date of
their discharge the amount so deposited to their credit shall be
added to by a similar amount from Government funds. This added
amount shall be deposited with the After-care Officer, who shall
retain it until after the inmate has been discharged one year, when,
subject to satisfactory conduct, it may be handed to the ex-inmate.

57. In the event of an ex-inmate having his licence revoked
that sum of money still due to him will be paid to him on his
re-discharge from the Institution, unless it is ordered by the
Board of Management that this money be forfeited and paid into
public funds.

DISCHARGE
58. The Commissioner of Prisons may in his discretion apply
any part of the amount standing to the credit of an inmate to the
purchase of tools for the use of such inmate on his discharge, and
in such case the unexpended balance of the savings of the inmate
shall be paid to him on discharge.
59. Where tools (other than as provided in regulation 58) are
provided for an inmate on discharge, these tools shall remain
the property of the Prison Department until such time as the
ex-inmate shall have completed the term for which he is licensed,
and shall be returned to the Prison Department if the following
circumstances arise:
(a) The inmate’s licence is revoked;
(b) The After-care Officer reports that the ex-inmate

is engaged in some trade or work other than that
for which the tools were supplied.

LETTERS
60. All inmates from Reception to 2nd Grade will be permitted
to write one letter per month, between 2nd and 4th Grade, one letter

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Visits.

Weekend leave.
[143/1993].

Privileges.
[143/1993].

per fortnight, and from 4th Grade to Discharge a weekly letter
shall be permitted. There shall be no restriction to the number
of inward letters an inmate shall receive, provided that
unreasonable advantage is not taken of this rule.

VISITS
61. Visits shall be allowed as follows:
From Reception to 2nd Grade 2 visits.
From 2nd to 4th Grade 1 visit per month.
From 4th Grade to Discharge 1 visit per fortnight.
The number of persons who may visit an inmate at any
one visit shall be limited to three, the duration of visits being
as follows:
Special Grade… … … 40 minutes.
Other Grades … … … 20 minutes.

WEEKEND LEAVE
62. (1) All inmates from the 4th Grade to Discharge may, at
the discretion of the Commissioner of Prisons, be allowed weekend
leave between 6.00 p.m. on a Friday afternoon and 8.00 a.m. on the
following Monday if the After-care Officer reports that the person
or locality which the inmate elects to visit is satisfactory in every
respect, but an inmate may be allowed to leave earlier on the Friday
of any weekend leave having regard to the distance of his
destination or the availability of transportation to that destination.
(2) No inmate shall be eligible for weekend leave on
more than three occasions during any period of detention.

63. Visits and Weekend Leave are privileges which can only
be earned by good conduct and industry. If an inmate is
punished for an offence, or is idle at work, he may not receive
these privileges until his conduct has been good for one month
after the date on which his punishment expires, or until it is
reported that he has performed a thoroughly satisfactory
month’s work.

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Punishments.
Third Schedule.

Licence Forms.
First Schedule.

Forfeiture or
revocation of
licence.

Discharge.

Institution open
to visitors.

Previous life
of inmate.

Nicknames or
slang terms.

Conduct of
inmates.

PUNISHMENTS
64. Punishments may be awarded by the Inspector,
Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner of Prisons, as set out
in the Third Schedule.

RELEASE ON LICENCE AND REVOCATION THEREOF
65. Licences shall be as in Form “A” in the First Schedule
hereto, and the form of Revocation of Licence shall be as in
Form “B” in the same First Schedule.

66. An inmate whose Licence has been forfeited or revoked
shall on re-admission to the Institution be placed in the Penal
Grade, unless the Commissioner of Prisons orders that he be placed
in the ordinary grade. In no case shall he be eligible for promotion
to the Special Grade except by order of the Board of Management
upon recommendation of the Inspector of Prisons.

MISCELLANEOUS RULES
67. On the discharge of any inmate from the Institution he
shall be supplied with adequate clothing. If he is returned to
relatives or friends the expense of such return shall be defrayed
by the Institution.

68. The Institution shall be open to visitors on the order of
the Commissioner of Prisons.

69. No inmate shall be questioned as to his previous life
except by the Commissioner of Prisons, or such Officers as shall
be deputed for this duty by him from time to time.

70. The use of nicknames or slang terms is forbidden.

71. Inmates must behave with the greatest respect towards
the Officers of the Institution, to whom they must speak
respectfully and quietly at all times. They must be obedient to
those deputed to teach them, or placed in authority over them.

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Prohibited
articles.

Officers
subject to
Prison Rules.

Approved
games.

Application of
incompatible
Prison
Rules.

Permission to
attend institute
for training.
[143/1993].

Continuation of
course begun
before
detention.
[143/1993].

Commissioner
in loco parentis.
[143/1993].

Inmate to return
to Institution
each day.
[143/1993].

.

72. No inmate shall bring into the Institution any
prohibited article.
73. All Officers employed in the Institution shall be subject
to the Prison Rules for the time being in force and made under
Act 1 and 2 Victoria Chapter 67 of the United Kingdom.
74. Inmates shall take part in approved games as directed.

75. Such Prison Rules as are not incompatible with the above
Regulations shall apply with equal force to the Young Offenders
(Male) Detention Institution.

VOCATIONAL OR ACADEMIC TRAINING
76. Notwithstanding regulation 51, where an inmate in Class 3
who has attained the 3rd Conduct Grade and possesses the necessary
academic qualifications asks to pursue any trade or calling other than
those specified in regulation 52, the Commissioner of Prisons may,
with the advice of the Board, by permit, give permission for that
inmate to attend any educational or vocational institute for the
purpose of receiving training and instructions in any such trade or
calling not available at the Institution.
77. Notwithstanding regulations 51 and 76 the Commissioner
may grant a permit under regulation 76 to an inmate for the purpose
of completing a current course of study or taking examinations
related to courses taken prior to his detention at the Institution and
proof of the inmate’s prior enrolment, progress and satisfactory
attendance at an educational or vocational institute shall be required
before a permit is issued for the purpose of completion of a current
course of study.
78. The Commissioner of Prisons is deemed to be in loco
parentis for an inmate during the period of training of the inmate
under regulations 76 and 77.

79. An inmate shall report back to the Institution as soon as
possible after each day’s session at the educational or vocational
institute that he attends and shall not participate in curricular or

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FIRST SCHEDULE
FORM “A”

In pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the Young Offenders
Detention Act, I do by this Licence permit ............................. who, at the
.................................... held at the ........................................ was convicted of
.................................... and was sentenced to detention in the Young
Offenders Detention Institution for the term of ...................................
years, and is now detained in the Institution, to be released from the
Institution on condition that he places himself under the care, supervision
and authority of ......................................... , during the remaining portion of
the aforesaid term of detention, namely until the .................. day of
................................... 20 ....... , unless the Minister shall sooner revoke or alter
this licence.

This Licence is granted subject to the conditions endorsed hereon, upon
the breach of any of which it is liable to be revoked or forfeited.

......................................................
Commissioner of Prisons

CONDITIONS
(To be endorsed on reverse)

1. The Licensee shall proceed to ...................................................... and
shall not without the consent of ............................................................ remove
from that place, or such other place as shall be named by the said
............................................................................................................................
..

Form of Permit.
[143/1993].
First Schedule.
Form “C”.

extra-curricular activities of any such institute that necessitate
late return to, or overnight absence from, the Institution without
prior approval of the Commissioner of Prisons.

80. The permit issued by the Commissioner of Prisons under
section 12A(1) of the Act shall be in the form set out as Form “C”
of the First Schedule.

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2. He shall obey such instructions as he may receive with regard to
punctual and regular attendance at employment, or any other specified place,
and he shall report himself periodically as may be directed either by letter or
personally to ........................................ and he shall not change his place of
residence without the consent of the said ......................................................... .
3. He shall abstain from any violation of the law, shall lead a sober and
industrious life to the satisfaction of ...................................................... and
shall not associate with persons of bad character, or idle and dissolute habits.
4. He shall take due care of the tools supplied to him by the Institution
upon his release, and shall not sell, or dispose of them in any way. Upon the
demand of the After-care Officer he shall return such tools as may be directed
to the Officer in charge of the Young Offenders (Male) Detention Institution.

The particular attention of Licensees is directed to the following
provisions of the Young Offenders Detention Act:

Section 12(3)—Subject to Regulations by the Minister, a Licence
under this section may be revoked at any time by the Commissioner of
Prisons and where a licence has been revoked the person to whom the
licence related shall return to the Institution, and if he fails to do so may
be apprehended without warrant and taken to the Institution.

(4) If a person absent from the Institution under such a licence,
escapes from the supervision of the person under whose charge he is
placed, or commits any breach of the conditions contained in such
licence, he shall be considered to have forfeited that licence.

(6) The time during which a person is absent from the Institution
under such a licence shall be treated as part of the time his detention in
the Institution; provided that where that person has failed to return to
the Institution on the licence being forfeited or revoked, the time which
has elapsed after his failure to so return shall be excluded in computing
the remaining time which he is to be detained in the Institution.

I, ...................................................... hereby acknowledge that the above
conditions have been read over and explained to me, and that I understand that
this licence is granted to me solely on the conditions set out above.

.......................................................
Signature of Licensee

.......................................................
Commissioner of Prisons

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FORM “C”
In pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the Young Offenders
Detention Act and the Regulations, I do by this permit grant leave to
....................................... who at the .................................................. held at the
.................................. was convicted of ................................................ and was
sentenced to detention in the Young Offenders Detention Institution for the
term of ................. years, and is now detained in the Institution, to leave
the Institution and to proceed to .......................................................... School at
..................................... in the County of ................................. on the ................
day of ........................................ 20..... and thereafter from day to day on such
other days as may be specified from time to time for the purpose of receiving
instructions and being trained in the trade or calling of ............................. until
the termination of the period of his instruction and training, unless this permit
be sooner revoked.
This permit is granted subject to the conditions endorsed hereon, upon the
breach of any of which it is liable to be revoked or forfeited.

.................................................
Commissioner of Prisons

FORM “B”

ORDER OF REVOCATION OF LICENCE FOR
RELEASE FROM THE YOUNG OFFENDERS

DETENTION INSTITUTION
Whereas by licence bearing date the .......................... day of
....................................... 20...... , you, ................................................... being
a person under sentence of detention in the Institution were duly licensed to
the care of ............................................... for the period of ....................... years
............................. months ............................ days from the date thereof, I do
hereby revoke the said licence from the date hereof, and require you, the said
................................. to return forthwith to the said Institution.

Given under my hand this ................... day of ................................. 20.......

...................................................
Commissioner of Prisons

[143/1993].

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CONDITIONS
(to be endorsed on reverse)

1. The Holder of this permit is authorised to leave this Institution solely for
the purpose of proceeding to .................................. (School or other place)
in order to receive instructions and training in the trade or calling of
.......................................... on the days and times endorsed on the reverse
of this permit.

2. He shall abstain from any violation of the law and shall not associate with
persons of bad character or idle and dissolute habits.

3. He shall not visit or proceed to any other place without the prior approval
of the Commissioner of Prisons.
The Particular attention of the holder of this permit is directed to the
following provisions of the Young Offenders Detention Act:

The term “Permit” shall have the same meaning as “Licence”
mentioned therein.

Section 12(3)—Subject to Regulations by the Minister, a
licence under this section may be revoked at any time
by the Commissioner of Prisons, and where a licence
has been revoked, the person to whom the licence
related shall return to the Institution and if he fails to do
so may be apprehended without warrant and taken to
the Institution.

(4) If a person absent from the Institution under
such a licence, escapes from the supervision of the
society or person under whose charge he is placed, or
commits any breach of the conditions contained in the
licence, he shall be considered thereby to have forfeited
that licence.

(6) The time during which a person is absent
from the Institution, under such a licence shall be
treated as part of the time of his detention in the
Institution, but where that person has failed to return to
the Institution on the licence being forfeited or revoked,
the time which elapses after his failure so to return shall
be excluded in computing the remaining time which he
is to be detained in the Institution.

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I, ................................................... hereby acknowledge that the above
conditions have been read over and explained to me, and that I understand that
this permit is granted to me solely on the conditions set out above.

..................................................
Signature of Inmate

..................................................
Commissioner of Prisons

DAYS AUTHORISED FOR ABSENCE FROM INSTITUTION

Date of Departure Time Date of Return Time Signature of
from Institution to Institution Head Master.

SECOND SCHEDULE
DIETS

The diet prescribed in any of the Tables A, B, C, or D, shall be issued
on such days as the Commissioner of Prisons thinks fit.

Inmates whose religious faith prohibits the eating of beef or pork may
elect on admission to the Institution to have mutton substituted for the said
articles of diet wherever the same is prescribed in the said Schedule.

Diet No. 1 is for inmates serving terms of less than one month, and Diet
No. 2 for all other inmates, except such as may be ordered to receive punishment
Diet No. 3.

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LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

[Subsidiary] Young Offenders (Male) Detention Regulations

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Young Offenders Detention Chap. 13:05 33

LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

L.R.O.

Young Offenders (Male) Detention Regulations [Subsidiary]

Corporal punishment (Rod)
strokes

Solitary confinement on No. 3
Diet, days ............................

Separation from well-conducted
inmates, months .................

Reduced to Penal Grade, months

Fine, not exceeding pay for,
months ................................

Reduced in Grade, months ........
Promotion delayed, months ........
Extra fatigue duty, months ..........
Reduction to No. 1 Diet, days or
months .................................

Punishment

9 14 18

3 6 14

1 2 4
2 6 Until further
orders

1 2 3
2 4 6
2 4 6
2 4 6

14 days 1 month 3 months

THIRD SCHEDULE

PUNISHMENTS
SHOWING THE MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT AWARDABLE

FOR ANY OFFENCE AND THE OFFICIALS
ENTITLED TO MAKE SUCH AWARD

Assistant
Commissioner
Y.O.D.I.

Commissioner
of

Prisons

Inspector
of

Prisons

MAXIMUM AWARD BY

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