Section 53, The Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act, 2014

(1) Civil or unconvicted criminal inmate may be permittedto maintain himself and to purchase or receive from private source at proper hours, food, clothing or other necessaries, but subject to examination and to such sources and other conditions as the Director- General may direct. (2) No food, clothing or other necessaries belonging to a civil or unconvicted criminal inmate shall be given, hired, loaned or sold to any other inmate; and any inmate contravening this section shall be liable to lose the privilege of purchasing or receiving food, clothing or other necessaries from private sources for such time as the officer in charge thinks proper. (3) If a civil or unconvicted criminal inmate does not provide himself with food or clothing, or if the food or clothing is in the opinion of the officer in charge unsatisfactory, the inmate shall receive the regular food and clothing.