PART III | 15. A sentence of preventive detention shall be served in 3 stages in Changi Prison, in accordance with regulations 16 to 23. |
16.—(1) The first stage shall be for not less than one year and not more than 2 years.| (2) A prisoner in the first stage shall be treated in all respects under the Prisons Act (Cap. 247) and any prisons regulations applicable to prisoners serving a sentence of imprisonment. |
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| 17. The Superintendent shall report to the Director on the expiration of the first 12 months of the sentence, and thereafter at such intervals, not exceeding 3 months, as the Director may determine, on the suitability of the prisoner for removal to the second stage. |
| Division 2 — Second stage |
| 18. Prisoners serving sentences of preventive detention shall be accommodated in a separate part of the prison, and shall not be allowed to associate with prisoners serving a sentence of imprisonment, except in approved cases in the course of industrial employment. |
| Privileges during and after second stage |
19. A prisoner who has passed into the second stage may become eligible to earn privileges similar to those allowed to a prisoner serving a sentence of imprisonment, including —| (a) | payment for work done; | | (b) | facilities for spending money earned in prison at a prison store or on such articles, including newspapers and periodicals purchased outside the prison as may be approved; | | (c) | the practice in the prisoners’ own time of approved activities of such kind and in such manner as may be approved; | | (d) | additional letters and visits; and | | (e) | association in common rooms for meals and recreation. |
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20.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the question whether a prisoner in the second stage shall be admitted to the third stage, and the date of his admission, shall be decided by the Minister on recommendations made by the Director.| (2) The date of admission of any prisoner to the third stage shall not be more than 12 months before the date on which he will have served two-thirds of his sentence. |
| (3) The Director, when a prisoner is brought before him under paragraph (1), shall consider not only the prisoner’s conduct in the second stage but whether he expects to be able within the period served in the third stage to recommend the prisoner’s release on licence. |
| (4) Where the Director defers his decision under paragraph (3), he shall consider the case again at intervals of not less than 6 months each. |
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| 21. The period to be served in the third stage shall not in any case be less than 6 months and shall not normally exceed 12 months. |
| Training, etc., in third stage |
22.—(1) During the third stage every effort shall be made, by special industrial and social training and otherwise, to fit a person to take his place in normal social life on discharge. | (2) As and when suitable arrangements can be made, prisoners in the third stage, or in the latter part thereof, may be permitted to live in conditions of modified security designed to form a transition from prison life to freedom. |
| (3) The Director may at any time order the return of a prisoner to the second stage if it appears to him to be in the interests of the prisoner or of other prisoners to do so, and the Superintendent, if he considers it necessary, may so order in his discretion, subject to confirmation by the Director. |
| (4) The intention of paragraph (1) shall as far as practicable be carried out for prisoners who are not selected for the third stage during the last period of 6 to 12 months before their date of release on licence under regulation 25. |
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| Discipline provisions to apply |
23.—(1) Regulations 6 to 13 shall apply to prisoners serving sentences of preventive detention in Changi Prison, with the following modifications: | (a) | in place of the punishments which may be ordered by the Superintendent under regulation 6(1), the following shall be substituted:| “(a) | confinement in a punishment cell for a term not exceeding 10 days on a diet of bread and water or rice and water; | | (b) | stoppage or reduction of earnings for a period not exceeding one month; | | (c) | for the abuse of any privilege or for any offence arising from enjoyment of a privilege, (in addition to any other award) suspension of that privilege for a period not exceeding 28 days.”; |
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| | (b) | in place of the punishments which may be ordered by the Superintendent under regulation 7(1), the following shall be substituted:| “(a) | corporal punishment not exceeding 12 strokes with a rattan; | | (b) | confinement in a punishment cell for a term not exceeding 12 days on a diet of bread and water or rice and water; | | (c) | postponement for a period of not more than 30 days at any one time, of the date on which the prisoner becomes eligible under regulation 25 for release on licence; | | (d) | stoppage or reduction of earnings for a period not exceeding 2 months.”; and |
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| | (c) | in place of the punishments which may be ordered by the Visiting Justice or Justices under regulation 10(2), the following shall be substituted: | “(a) | confinement in a punishment cell for a term not exceeding 30 days on such prescribed diet as the Visiting Justice or Justices may think fit; | | (b) | corporal punishment not exceeding 24 strokes with a rattan; | | (c) | stoppage or reduction of earnings for a period not exceeding 3 months; | | (d) | postponement for a period of not more than 6 months at any one time, of the date on which the prisoner becomes eligible under regulation 25 for release on licence.”. |
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| (2) Where a prisoner in the second stage persistently misconducts himself, and his conduct is not influenced by reprimand or punishment, the Superintendent may recommend to the Director that the prisoner be returned to the first stage. |
| (3) The Director shall consider the case of a prisoner so returned at intervals of not less than 3 months each, and shall order his return to the second stage as soon as the Director considers it expedient and in any case within 12 months from the date that the prisoner is returned to the first stage under paragraph (2). |
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| Division 5 — Release on licence |
| 24. The Director shall consider the character, conduct and prospects of every prisoner serving a sentence of preventive detention, and shall report to the Minister on the advisability of his release on licence. |
25.—(1) Every prisoner, whether or not he is admitted to the third stage, shall be eligible for release on licence when he has served five-sixths of his sentence of preventive detention. | (2) A prisoner admitted to the third stage shall be eligible for release on licence, subject to this regulation, when he has served two-thirds of his sentence of preventive detention. |
| (3) The Director shall at each quarter consider the case of every prisoner who has served 3 months or more in the third stage, with a view to recommending his release within 3 months thereafter, if the Director is satisfied, having regard to his conduct in the third stage, and his prospects on release, that there is a reasonable probability that he will not revert to a criminal life. |
| (4) Where a prisoner has under regulation 22(3) been returned to the second stage, and subsequently placed in the third stage by the Director, he shall be considered for the purposes of release on licence as if he had entered the third stage for the first time. |
| (5) The Superintendent shall at once report to the Director any circumstances arising in the case of a prisoner in whose favour a recommendation has been made which may affect any decision on that recommendation and if necessary remove the prisoner to the second stage pending the decision of the Director. |
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| Division 6 — Orders of recall |
| Service of sentence after recall |
26.—(1) A prisoner sentenced to preventive detention who has been recalled from release on licence shall, on his return to prison in consequence of such recall, be placed in the first stage, and may at the discretion of the Director be removed to the second stage within a period of 12 months beginning on the date of his return to prison as aforesaid, except that if the unexpired period of the sentence is less than 2 years, the whole of it may be served in the first stage.| (2) A prisoner who has been recalled shall not be eligible for release on licence, but shall be detained in Changi Prison until the expiration of his sentence. |
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