Section 71, The Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act, 2014

Any inmate may be charged before a Magistrate with anyoffence against correctional centre discipline and the Magistrate may on convicting the inmate award any of the punishments mentioned in section 70 and, in addition or in lieu thereof, may award imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months to run consecutively with the sentence then being served; but no proceedings shall be taken against any inmate in respect of any matter for which the inmate has been punished under this Act.