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Section 119: Monitoring etc. of prisoner escort arrangements.

Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 · 1994 c. 33View on legislation.gov.uk

Part VIII: Prison Services and the Prison Service — Chapter III: Northern Ireland

Prisoner escort arrangements shall include the appointment of a prisoner escort monitor, that is to say, a Crown servant whose duty it shall be to keep the arrangements under review and to report on them to the Secretary of State.

It shall also be the duty of a prisoner escort monitor to investigate and report to the Secretary of State on—

any allegations made against prisoner custody officers acting in pursuance of the arrangements; and
any alleged breaches of discipline on the part of prisoners for whose delivery or custody such officers so acting are responsible.

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