Asia Union Prison Code-Article 37-T3-Medical Correctional Facility



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7. General principles of Type 3 (T3) facilities

Article 37-T3-Medical Correctional Facility

37.1

T3-Medical Correctional Facility

By this code, such facilities shall exist and be known as Medical Correctional Facilities for the exclusive detainment of all prisoners sentenced to a custodial sentence greater than twelve (12) years who are suffering severe mental illness, incapacitation and those sentenced to medical facilities due to certified diagnosis of criminal insanity.

No other correctional facilities shall be permitted to be temporarily or permanently used for such purpose other than those solely constructed and managed for this specific purpose.

It is the responsibility of the Office of Corrections to closely monitor the impact of the actions of the police and the courts in respect to the demand for T3 Medical Correctional Facility places and to alert Government to budgetary savings or capital requirements depending upon the general trend and demands.

37.2

General context of a T3-Medical Correctional Facility

T3-Medical Correctional Facility is a specialised facility for Individuals whose custodial sentence greater than twelve (12) years who are suffering severe mental illness, incapacitation and those sentenced to medical facilities due to certified diagnosis of criminal insanity.

37.3

Condition of classification of a prisoner to a T3-Medical Correctional Facility

By this Code, it shall be considered an offence to classify a T3 prisoner immediately to a T1 Disciplinary Correctional Facility unless the crimes for which they have been convicted are especially violent crimes, sexual related crimes and that the Classification Report prepared for the Courts and the office of Corrections deems the prisoner ineligible for any other T3 type facility.

37.4

Codes of a T3-Medical Correctional Facility

The following shall be the general codes of a T3 Medical Correctional Facility.

Codes of personal liberty


Item	Code
Religion	No religious worship, icons or exemptions on basis of religious belief of any kind.
Hair	Short cropped hair only. No beards permitted.
Clothing and footwear	Prison issue only. No person clothing, garments, including bed linen or any other kind permitted whatsoever.
Appearance	Neat and tidy to regulation. No modification permitted whatsoever.
Speaking and silence	Absolute silence when walking to and from facility buildings. Speaking permitted during dinner meal and breakfast/lunch break. Shouting is banned.
Smoking	As it is a medical facility, smoking by inmates is banned.
Alcohol	As it is a medical facility, alcohol consumption by inmates is banned.
Phone calls	Banned.

Codes of personal property

Item	Code
Trade Account	No trade account
Benefit Account	1 credit per day paid into Benefit account
TV, radio, MP3	Banned.
Computer, phone PDA, DVD	No computer equipment or phone equipment.
Books & magazines	1 Books, 1 Magazines at any one time. No pornography.
Furniture	No personal furniture.
Appliances	No appliances.
Games & Entertainment	1 Pack of playing cards. No board games or entertainment.
Musical instruments	No musical instruments.
Linen & Manchester	No personal linen or manchester.
Provisions & supplies	No hoarding of supplies. No food in cells.

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