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2c. 25 “prison” means any prison, young offender institution or remand centre which is under the general superintendence of, or is provided by, the Secretary of State under the Prison Act 1952, including a contracted out prison within the meaning of Part IV of the Criminal Justice Act 1991;

“prisoner” means any person for the time being in a prison as a result of any requirement imposed by a court or otherwise that he be detained in legal custody.

2.—(1) In section 39 of the Prison Act 1952 (offence of assisting prisoner to escape)—
 * (a) after the word “prisoner”, in the third place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “sends any thing (by post or otherwise) into a prison or to a prisoner”; and
 * (b) for the words “five years” there shall be substituted the words “ten years”.

(2) In section 22(2)(b) of the Criminal Justice Act 1961 (penalty on indictment for harbouring or assisting a person unlawfully at large), for the words “two years” there shall be substituted the words "ten years”.

(3) In that Act of 1961, section 22(1) and the entry in Schedule 4 relating to section 39 of the Prison Act 1952 (which increased from two years to five years the maximum term of imprisonment for an offence under section 39) are hereby repealed.

(4) This section shall not affect the penalty for any offence committed before the commencement of this Act.

3.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Prison Security Act 1992.

(2) This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed.

(3) This Act extends to England and Wales only. © Crown copyright 1992

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