Long Title |
The purpose of this Bill is to amend the Prisons Act 1981 to provide a mechanism to ban a person either from entering a particular prison, or a number of prisons, for a set period, for prescribed reasons, which would be detailed in Regulations. Furthermore, the Bill seeks to make provision for the taking of a visitor's biometric identification by means including palmprints, eyeprints etc to achieve more accurate identification of visitors. The Bill also seeks to provide an incentive for good behaviour and work in prison by extending the early discharge powers of the Director General of the Department of Justice from 10 to 30 days. |