ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Prisons Act
18. Miscellaneous offences by prison officers
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
18. Miscellaneous offences by prison officers
Every prison officer who without lawful authority—(a)knowingly suffers any intoxicating liquor, tobacco, bhang or hemp, drug, opiate, money, clothing, provisions, letter, document or other article to be sold to or received from or used by or on behalf of any prisoner; or(b)lends or gives to any prisoner any intoxicating liquor, tobacco, bhang or hemp, drug, opiate, money, clothing, provisions, letter, document or other article; or(c)knowingly suffers any letter, document, or other article to be brought out of any prison, or to be conveyed from any prisoner; or(d)without the permission of the Commissioner, informs the Press or any other person of any matter concerning a prison or a prisoner or any matter derived from official sources connected with or related to the Service,shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding four thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both such fine and such imprisonment.