Observation (CEACR) - adoptée 1994, publiée 81ème session CIT (1994)

The Committee notes that no report has been received from the Government. It must therefore repeat its previous observation on the following matter:

The Committee took note of the Correctional Institution (Adult Correction Centre) Rules of 1991, a copy of which was supplied by the Government. Further to its previous comments, the Committee noted that section 155(2) of the above Rules reproduced the provisions of section 228(2) of the Rules of 1947 governing employment in prisons, and provided that no inmate be employed in the service of, or for the private benefit of, any person, except with the authority of the Commissioner, or in pursuance of special rules. The Committee referred to paragraphs 97 to 101 of its General Survey of 1979 on the abolition of forced labour, and requested the Government to provide the special rules governing this matter and to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to ensure that prisoners are not hired to or placed at the disposal of private individuals, companies, or associations unless such employment is accepted voluntarily by the persons concerned, in which case there must be certain guarantees as regards the payment of wages, etc.

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.