CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 127 Seizing mail etc

CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 127

    (1)     The director-general may seize anything in a detainee's protected mail if the director-general believes, on reasonable grounds, that the thing—

        (a)     may physically harm the addressee or anyone else; or

        (b)     is a prohibited thing.

    (2)     The director-general may seize other mail of a detainee, or anything in the mail, if the director-general suspects, on reasonable grounds, that the seizure is necessary to stop—

        (a)     any of the following entering or leaving a correctional centre:

              (i)     a prohibited thing;

              (ii)     anything that may pose a risk to security or good order at a correctional centre;

              (iii)     anything that appears is being used, or is intended, for the commission of an offence or disciplinary breach; or

        (b)     threatening or otherwise inappropriate correspondence leaving a correctional centre; or

        (c)     a detainee obtaining or buying goods without the director-general's approval.

Example of inappropriate correspondence—par (b)

mail addressed to a person by someone convicted of a sexual offence against the person

    (3)     The director-general may seize a document only if the director-general believes, on reasonable grounds, that the document is not legally privileged.