Prisons Act 2007
Petition by prisoner against sanction. |
14.— (1) A prisoner— | |
(a) who is found by a governor to have committed a breach of prison discipline, and | ||
(b) on whom a sanction under section 13 has been imposed, | ||
may, within 7 days of its imposition, send to the governor, for transmission to the Minister, a petition concerning the finding or sanction or both finding and sanction. | ||
(2) On such a petition the Minister may, after consulting the governor, affirm, modify, suspend (subject to any specified terms or conditions) or revoke the sanction and cause the petitioner to be notified accordingly. |