ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Prisons Act
30. Prisoner in custody of officer in charge
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
30. Prisoner in custody of officer in charge
(1)Every prisoner confined in any prison shall be deemed to be in the lawful custody of the officer in charge of the prison and shall be categorized and detained in such manner as to take into account the safety of the prisoner, of the public and of other persons in the prison.(2)Every officer in charge shall keep and detain all persons duly committed to his custody by any court or other competent authority according to the terms of the warrant or order by which such person has been committed, or until such person is discharged by due course of law.(3)A prisoner who is being removed or transferred from one prison to another shall, while outside the prison, be kept in the custody of the prison officer directed to convey him and shall be deemed to be in the lawful custody of the officer in charge of the prison at which such prison officer is serving.(4)Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, the infant child of a female prisoner may be received into prison with its mother and may be supplied with clothing and necessaries at public expense:Provided that such child shall only be permitted to remain in prison until it attains the age of four years or until arrangements for its proper care outside prison are concluded, whichever shall be the earlier.