Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Custody and Removal of Prisoners
48. Duty to prevent escape
Feedback & supportEvery precaution must be taken by the medical officers and other officers of any hospital, mental hospital or place to prevent the escape of prisoners who may at any time be under treatment therein.
The officers mentioned in subsection (1) may take any measures for preventing the escape of any prisoner that are necessary.
prisoner
“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;
Nothing is to be done under the authority under this section which in the opinion of the medical officers is likely to be prejudicial to the health of those prisoners.