Prisons Regulations · 2002 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Custody of Prisoners
26. Admission records
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The Commissioner must ensure that if a prisoner is admitted to a prison, a record containing the following information is created and kept updated:
the prisoner’s name;
the prisoner’s identification number;
a photograph of the prisoner;
the prisoner’s fingerprint impressions and any of the prisoner’s physiological data necessary for identifying or authenticating the identity of the prisoner using a biometric authenticating system;
any other particulars about the prisoner that the Commissioner may require.
For the purposes of paragraph (1), a prison officer may do either or both of the following:
require a prisoner to give any information mentioned in that paragraph;
measure, photograph or take the fingerprint impressions or other records of, a prisoner.
Subregulation 1
The Commissioner must ensure that if a prisoner is admitted to a prison, a record containing the following information is created and kept updated:
the prisoner’s name;
the prisoner’s identification number;
a photograph of the prisoner;
the prisoner’s fingerprint impressions and any of the prisoner’s physiological data necessary for identifying or authenticating the identity of the prisoner using a biometric authenticating system;
any other particulars about the prisoner that the Commissioner may require.
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of paragraph (1), a prison officer may do either or both of the following:
require a prisoner to give any information mentioned in that paragraph;
measure, photograph or take the fingerprint impressions or other records of, a prisoner.