CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 80 Security classification—basis etc

CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 80

    (1)     The director-general must—

        (a)     give each detainee a security classification; and

        (b)     review the classification at least annually or otherwise as prescribed by regulation.

    (2)     When deciding a detainee's security classification, the director-general must consider the following:

        (a)     the reason for the detention, including the nature of any offence for which the detainee is detained;

        (b)     the risks posed by the detainee if the detainee were to escape;

        (c)     the risk of the detainee escaping;

        (d)     the risks posed by the detainee while at a correctional centre;

        (e)     the risks to the detainee of being accommodated with particular detainees or in particular areas at a correctional centre;

        (f)     any matter prescribed by regulation.

    (3)     The director-general may consider anything else the director-general considers relevant.

    (4)     The security measures to which a detainee is subject under a security classification must be the minimum necessary to ensure secure detention of the detainee.