Section 48, The Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act, 2014

(1) In the case of serious illness of an inmate confined ina correctional centre in which there are inadequate medical facilities or unsuitable accommodation for that inmate, the officer in charge, on the advice of the medical officer, may make an order for the removal of the inmate to a hospital. (2) In cases of emergency or in the absence of the medical officer, removal of an inmate to a hospital may be ordered by the officer in charge without the advice of the medical officer. (3) An inmate who has been removed to a hospital under this section shall be deemed to be under detention in the correctional centre from which the inmate was so removed. (4) Whenever the medical officer in charge of the hospital considers that the health of an inmate removed to a hospital under this section no longer requires detention in it, the medical officer shall notify the officer in charge. 28 29 Removal of inmates of unsound mind. Removal of sick inmates to hospital. Cap 175 No. 5 Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act 20 14 No. 5 Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act 20 14 (5) Upon receipt of notification from the medical officer in charge of a hospital, pursuant to subsection (4) the officer in charge shall– (a) if the inmate is still liable to be confined in a correctional centre, forthwith cause the inmate to be brought back to the correctional centre from which he was removed; or (b) if the inmate has completed the sentence in respect of which he was committed, cause the inmate to be released forthwith. (6) Every reasonable precaution shall be taken by the officer in charge of a hospital to prevent the escape of any inmates who may at any time be under treatment at the hospital, and it shall be lawful for such officer in charge to take such measures as shall be necessary for preventing the escape of such inmate. (7) Nothing shall be done under the authority of this section which, in the opinion of the medical officer in charge of the hospital, is likely to be prejudicial to the health of the inmate.