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Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Custody and Removal of Prisoners
47. Liability for escape
Feedback & supportIf any prisoner escapes during the time that the prisoner is in any hospital, mental hospital or place as aforesaid, no prison officer is to be held answerable for the escape, unless the prisoner has been in the personal custody of that officer.
prisoner
Defined · s 2
“prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under detention in any prison or reformative training centre or subject to an external placement order or a home detention order, but does not include a person released and at large under a remission order;