CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 127 Seizing mail etc
CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 127
Seizing mail etc(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.