Observation (CEACR) - adoptée 1990, publiée 77ème session CIT (1990)

The Committee notes with satisfaction that the Act laying down principles concerning the supervision of detainees and the management and superintendence of penitentiaries and houses of detention (GB. 1979, No. 21) entered into force on 1 October 1988. Under section 23 of the Act, work for private individuals, companies or associations, both inside and outside the penal institution, is only to take place if the detainee offers himself voluntarily for it, and only against payment to the State of the wages usual for the kind of work outside prison. Under section 24, wages to be granted to the detainee are to be fixed by the Minister, and in fixing the wage for work outside the institution, account is to be taken of the remuneration paid by the employer to the State for the work performed by the detainee.