Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Saint Lucia (Ratification: 1980)

Article 2(2)(c) of the Convention. Prison labour. In its earlier comments, the Committee noted the Government’s indication that the prison legislation was to be revised and the Government’s intention to bring it into greater conformity with the Convention. The Committee has noted the adoption of the Correctional Services Act 2003. It has noted, in particular, that under section 49 of the new Act, the Prisons Ordinance No. 17 of 1963, has been repealed, but any rules, orders or regulations made under the repealed Ordinance shall continue in force until repealed under rules, orders or regulations made under the new Act.

While noting the Government’s statement in the report that prisoners are not deployed for private work, the Committee requests the Government to indicate, in its next report, whether the Prison Rules of 1964, to which the Committee referred in its earlier comments and which contain a provision authorizing the superintendent to allow a prisoner to work for the benefit of a private person (section 67(2)), have been formally repealed, and, if so, to supply a copy of the repealing text. Please also communicate a copy of regulations concerning the employment of inmates, to which reference is made in section 48(b) of the Correctional Services Act 2003, and more particularly, regulations concerning the duties and tasks to be carried out beyond the limits of a correctional facility, to which reference is made in section 30(2) of the Act, if and when such regulations are adopted.