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Corrections and Conditional Release Act

Version of section 51 from 2024-10-01 to 2024-10-30:


Marginal note:Detention in dry cell

  •  (1) If the institutional head is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that an inmate has ingested contraband or is carrying contraband in their rectum, the institutional head may authorize in writing the detention of the inmate in a cell without plumbing fixtures, on the expectation that the contraband will be expelled.

  • Marginal note:Visits by registered health care professional

    (2) The inmate must be visited at least once every day by a registered health care professional.

  • 1992, c. 20, s. 51
  • 2019, c. 27, s. 16
  • 2022, c. 10, s. 299
  • 2022, c. 10, s. 301

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