(3)
The Police Service shall be organized at the National and state levels; its
organization, structure, functions, powers, terms and conditions of service shall be
regulated by law.
(4)
The Police Service shall be headed by an Inspector-General of Police appointed
by the President after approval of the Council of Ministers upon the
recommendation of the Minister in charge.
(5)
The national Police Service shall be responsible for the maintenance of
professional standards and the recruitment, training, deployment, and transfer of
police officers throughout South Sudan.
(6)
The Police of South Sudan shall be governed by this Constitution and the law. It
shall respect the will of the people, the rule of law and order, civilian authority,
democracy, human rights, fundamental freedoms and execute judicial orders.
(7)
The Police at the National level and their counterparts at the state level shall
coordinate, cooperate and assist each other in the discharge of their functions and
duties, and to that end, shall recommend, through their respective authorities to
the President of South Sudan the establishment of such necessary mechanisms.
The Prisons Service
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(1)
There shall be a prisons service to be known as the National Prisons Service and it
shall be a decentralized professional service.
(2)
The mission of the Prisons Service shall be correctional, reformative and
rehabilitative. It shall respect the will of the people, the rule of law and order,
civilian authority, democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms.
(3)
The Prisons Service shall be organized at the National and the state levels.
(4)
The Prisons Service shall be headed by a Director-General appointed by the
President after approval of the Council of Ministers upon the recommendation of
the Minister in charge.
(5)
The national Prisons Service shall be responsible for the maintenance of
professional standards and the recruitment, training, deployment, and transfer of
prison officers throughout South Sudan.
(6)
The functions of Prisons Service shall, inter alia, be to manage, operate and
maintain the prisons of South Sudan, and to administer the internment and care
for the health and general welfare of prisoners and inmates.
(7)
Prisons authorities shall treat prisoners humanely. Any treatment that is cruel,
inhuman, degrading of the dignity of prisoners or that may expose their health to
danger is prohibited and punishable by law.
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