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CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ACT 1982 - SECT 34

34—Prisoners' rights to have visitors

        (1)         A prisoner (other than a remand prisoner) is, while in a correctional institution, entitled to be visited by a person, or a number of persons not exceeding the prescribed number, on one occasion, or such greater number of occasions as may be prescribed, in each period of two weeks.

        (2)         A remand prisoner is entitled to be visited by a person, or a number of persons not exceeding the prescribed number, on three occasions, or such greater number of occasions as may be prescribed, in each week.

        (3)         The manager of a correctional institution may, if of the opinion that special reasons exist for doing so—

            (a)         permit a prisoner to be visited on any further occasion than is provided by or under this Act; or

            (b)         debar a particular person from visiting a prisoner for such period as the manager thinks fit, or until further order of the manager.



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