Article 121 Long home leave

(1)

In this rule, “long home leave” means the temporary release of a prisoner for the purpose of enabling him to visit his home or other approved place for a period not exceeding 5 days, excluding travelling time.

(2)

On the application of an eligible prisoner and subject to rule 126, the Governor may grant the prisoner long home leave if he is of the opinion that, having regard to the relevant criteria applicable to the granting of such leave, it is appropriate to do so.

(3)

For the purposes of this rule, a prisoner is an eligible prisoner only if at the time of his application he–

(a)

is confined at a prison or in a particular hall of a prison to which this rule applies;

(b)

is serving a sentence for a term of more than 1 year and has not less than 2 months to serve before his earliest date of release;

(c)

is assigned security category D and has been assigned that category for at least 6 weeks prior to his application; and

(d)

is not disqualified from consideration for any reason specified in rule 124.