Article 48 Temporary confinement
(1)
The governor may order a refractory or violent prisoner to be confined temporarily in a special cell, but a prisoner shall not be so confined as a punishment, or after he has ceased to be refractory or violent.
(2)
A prisoner shall not be confined in a special cell for longer than 24 hours without a direction in writing given F1... by an officer of the Secretary of State .... Such a direction shall state the grounds for the confinement and the time during which it may continue.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in rule 48(2) omitted (3.1.2006) by virtue of The Prison (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/3437), rule 1, Sch. 1 para. 10