Section 30, The Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act, 2014

(1) In every correctional centre there shall be an officerin charge of the correctional centre who shall be designated “the officer in charge”. (2) In any place where there is a correctional centre but no corrections officer has been appointed to be in charge of it, the administrative officer in charge of that place or any administrative officer deputed by him shall be in charge of such correctional centre. (3) The administrative officer shall be subject to the orders and directions of the Director-General, and shall, subject to any express limitations which may be imposed on him by the Director- General in writing, have all the powers conferred by law upon an officer in charge. (4) Every officer in charge shall– (a) supervise and control all matters in connection with the correctional centres to which the officer is appointed; (b) keep or cause to be kept such records as the Director-General may from time to time direct; (c) be responsible to the Director-General for the conduct and treatment of corrections officers and inmates under the officer's control, and for the due observance by corrections officers and inmates of the provisions of this Act and of all rules, directions and orders made under this Act. 18 19 Officers in charge. Temporary centres. Declaration nal centres. No. 5 Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act 20 14 No. 5 Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act 20 14