16. Any house of detention established under the first paragraph of section 15 shall be managed by an officer of the Service under the authority of the Director General.
The warden of every house of detention shall admit thereto any person who, under the law, must be detained in such establishment; he shall inform him of the provisions of the Act to promote the parole of inmates.
He shall be responsible for the custody of such person until such person has been released or transferred to another establishment.
1969, c. 21, s. 16; 1978, c. 22, s. 52.