Regulations for the Navy Part IICentral Regulations · 1957
(1) A sufficient escort shall accompany each offender sent to confinement.
(2) The commanding Officer of a ship on whose books a sailor is borne on the date of release shall make arrangements for some proper person or persons to be at the place of confinement at the exact time when the sailor may be entitled to his release, to receive and conduct the offender on board; when the sentence expires on a Sunday the offender is entitled to be released on the preceding Saturday.