Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Discipline and Prison Offences
80. Visits by Judges, Magistrates, etc.
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prison
“prison” means any house, building, enclosure or place, or any part thereof, declared to be a prison or reformative training centre under section 3, and includes the grounds and buildings within the prison enclosure and also the airing grounds or other grounds or buildings belonging or attached thereto and used by prisoners;
whenever he or she thinks fit, enter into and examine the condition of the prison and of the prisoners therein;
question any prisoner or officer; and
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;
enter any observation he or she thinks fit to make in reference to the condition of the prison in a Visitors’ Book to be kept for that purpose by the Superintendent, which book must be duly produced to the Visiting Justices at their next ensuing visit.
Superintendent
“Superintendent” means a Superintendent of Prisons appointed under section 20;