New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN (DETENTION CENTRES) ACT 1987 - SECT 22

22 Prohibited punishments

(1) A detainee shall not be punished by being:

(a) struck, cuffed, shaken or subjected to any other form of physical violence,

(b) dosed with medicine or any other substance,

(c) compelled to hold himself or herself in a constrained or fatiguing position,

(d) deprived of food or drink,

(e) denied the right to read or write letters or to make or receive telephone calls (except during any period of punishment by exclusion or confinement referred to in section 21 (1) (d)),

(f) subjected to treatment of a kind that could reasonably be expected to be detrimental to his or her physical, psychological or emotional well-being,

(g) subjected to treatment of a kind that is cruel, inhuman or degrading,

(h) segregated in contravention of section 19, or

(i) subjected to treatment of a kind forbidden by the regulations.

(2) A detainee shall not, without reasonable excuse, be handcuffed or forcibly restrained.

(3) A person who punishes a detainee, or causes a detainee to be punished, in a manner prohibited by subsection (1) or (2) is guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty not exceeding 10 penalty units or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months, or both.