24—CE has custody of prisoners
(1) The CE has the
custody of a prisoner, whether the prisoner is within, or outside, the
precincts of the place in which he or she is being detained, or is to be
detained.
(2) Subject to this
Act, the CE has an absolute discretion—
(a) to
place any particular prisoner or prisoner of a particular class in such part
of the correctional institution; and
(b) to
establish in respect of any particular prisoner, or prisoner of a particular
class, or in respect of prisoners placed in any particular part of the
correctional institution, such a regime for work, recreation, contact with
other prisoners or any other aspect of the day-to-day life of prisoners; and
(c) to
vary any such regime,
as from time to time seems expedient to the CE.
(3) A variation of a
regime in respect of a particular prisoner under subsection (2) for any
purpose does not constitute a penalty for the purposes of this Act.