Regulation 81

A detained person shall, consistent with the proper discipline of the persons in the place of detention and subject as is hereinafter provided, be entitled to visits from his close relatives and legal advisers. In the absence of any close relatives, the Superintendent of a place of detention may grant permission for other relatives or friends to visit the detained person in the place of detention.

A detained person in a place of detention must not, except with the express permission of the Superintendent of the place of detention, receive more than one visit a week from the detained person’s close relatives.

Not more than two persons shall be admitted to visit a detained person at any one time.

No visit shall last more than 30 minutes or any longer period that the Superintendent may allow.

A Superintendent or an officer, or in the case of a visit to a woman detained person, a woman officer shall, together with an interpreter in any case where the officer does not understand the language spoken, be in sight and hearing during the whole of any visit to a detained person, unless the Superintendent by an order in writing sees fit to dispense with any of the above requirements.

The Superintendent of a place of detention may remove from the place of detention any visitor to a detained person if the conduct of the visitor or detained person is improper.

The Superintendent of a place of detention may prohibit (temporarily or otherwise) any visitor from visiting a detained person in the place of detention if —