CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 11
Protective custody of inmates
CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 11
Protective custody of inmates
11 Protective custody of inmates
(1) The Commissioner may direct that an
inmate be held in protective custody if of the opinion that the association of
the inmate with other inmates constitutes or is likely to constitute a threat
to the personal safety of the inmate.
(2) The Commissioner may also direct
that an inmate be held in protective custody if the inmate requests the
Commissioner in writing to do so.
(3) The governor of a correctional centre
may exercise the Commissioner's functions under this section in relation to
the correctional centre and, on each occasion he or she does so, must notify
the Commissioner of that fact and of the grounds on which the protective
custody direction was given.
(4) A protective custody direction given by the
governor of a correctional centre does not apply in relation to any other
correctional centre.
