Oceanic Union Prison Code-Article 32-T2-Educational Correctional Facility



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6. General principles of Type 2 (T2) facilities

Article 32-T2-Educational Correctional Facility

32.1

T2-Educational Correctional Facility

By this code, such facilities shall exist and be known as Education Correctional Facilities for the exclusive detainment of all prisoners sentenced to a custodial sentence greater than three (3) years and not exceeding twelve (12) years who have shown a willingness for further education advancement.

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 T2 Educational Correctional Facility places and to alert Government to budgetary savings or capital requirements depending upon the general trend and demands.

32.2

General context of a T2-Educational Correctional Facility

Individuals whose custodial sentence greater than three (3) years and not exceeding twelve (12) years who show a willingness to undertake one or more practical skills and/or academic qualifications shall be eligible for residency in an Educational Correctional Facility.

The objectives of a T3-Education Correctional Facilities are to encourage reform and good behaviour through improved residency conditions to those prisoners who have shown a willingness to improve and to ensure individuals who have not been convicted of violent, anti-social, sexually related or gang related crimes are supported in a safe and positive environment to self-reform and community support.

It shall never be the primary or related purpose of a T2 Educational Correctional Facility to function the same way as a T2 Disciplinary Correctional Facility.

32.3

Condition of classification of a prisoner to a T2-Educational Correctional Facility

By this Code, it shall be considered a criminal offence to classify a T2 prisoner immediately to an T2 Educational Correctional Facility if they have been convicted of a violent, sexual related or gang related offence, or have shown a propensity for violent behaviour. An individual convicted of any of these crimes shall be eligible for re-classification only after a minimum of twelve (12) months of good behaviour has been served.

32.4

Codes of a T2-Educational Correctional Facility

The following shall be the general codes of a T2 Educational Correctional Facility.

Codes of personal liberty


Item	Code
Religion	Personal religious icons permitted.
Hair	Neat and tidy.
Clothing and footwear	Personal clothing permitted.
Appearance	Neat and tidy to regulation. No modification permitted whatsoever.
Speaking and silence	Permitted. Shouting is banned.
Smoking	No smoking in public areas and no smoking permitted whatsoever before 5pm break, no smoking after 10pm.
Alcohol	Option of 1 small open cup of alcohol permitted at dinner meals. 2 cups at main Sunday dinner meal. Banned at all other times.
Phone calls	1 call per week, 10 minutes.

Codes of personal property

Item	Code
Trade Account	Trade account
Benefit Account	1 credit per day paid into Benefit account
TV, radio, MP3	TV, radio, DVD and MP3 players permitted.
Computer, phone PDA, DVD	No personal computer equipment or phone equipment. 1 hour access to community computer per day permitted.
Books & magazines	12 Books, 12 Magazines at any one time.
Furniture	1 personal chair, 1 set of shelves and table permitted.
Appliances	Small fridge, toaster and heater.air conditioner permitted.
Games & Entertainment	Playing cards and board games. Electronic games permitted..
Musical instruments	1 musical instrument.
Linen & Manchester	Max of 5 sets of personal linen and manchester.
Provisions & supplies	Food permitted in cells if have fridge and shelves.

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