Section 21, The Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act, 2014

Any corrections officer who assaults, threatens or insultsany officer senior to him in the Service, when that senior officer is on duty or when the assault, threat or insult relates to or is consequent upon the discharge of duty by the officer so assaulted, threatened or insulted, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one million leones or to imprisonment for a term not less than twelve months or to both the fine and imprisonment.