Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PRISONS REGULATIONS 1982 - REG 13

13 .         Duty on escape of prisoner

        (1)         A prison officer in charge or having the supervision of any prisoner shall in the event of an escape report the full particulars of the escape forthwith — 

            (a)         where the escape has occurred from within a prison, to the superintendent; and

            (b)         where the escape has occurred outside a prison, to the superintendent or to the nearest police station.

        (2)         A prison officer who reports an escape to the nearest police station shall, as soon as practicable, make a further report upon the escape to his superintendent.

        (3)         Where a prisoner in the charge or under the supervision of a prison officer escapes or prepares or attempts to escape from that charge or supervision, the prison officer (if every other prisoner for whom he is responsible is adequately secured) or any other prison officer, may arrest that prisoner and return him to prison.