Section 8, The Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act, 2014

(1) The power to appoint persons to hold or act in anyoffice in the Service from the rank of Assistant Deputy Superintendent of Corrections and above, excluding the Director General, and the Deputy Director-General, (including the power to make appointments on promotion and to confirm appointments), and to dismiss, reduce in rank and to exercise disciplinary control over persons holding or acting in such offices shall vest in the Council. (2) The power to appoint persons to hold or act in any office in the Service below the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Corrections (including the power to make appointments on promotion and to confirm appointments), and to dismiss, reduce in rank and to exercise disciplinary control over persons holding or acting in such offices shall vest in the Council acting on the recommendation of the Director-General.