Section 39, The Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act, 2014

(1) Every inmate shall be deemed to be in the lawfulcustody of the officer in charge and, subject to this Act, shall remain in such lawful custody and be subject to correctional centre discipline and to all laws, orders and directives relating to correctional centres and inmates during the whole period of the inmate's imprisonment or detention, whether the inmate is or is not within the precincts of a (2) Every officer in charge shall keep and detain all persons duly committed to the officer's custody by any court or other competent authority, according to the provisions of the warrant or order by which that person has been committed, or until that person is discharged by due course of law.