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Queensland
CORRECTIVE SERVICES
AMENDMENT BILL 2001
Queensland
CORRECTIVE SERVICES AMENDMENT
BILL 2001
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Amendment of s 14 (Directions to prisoners) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 25 (Power to search) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Amendment of s 26 (Personal searches) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6 Insertion of new s 26A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
26A Strip searches generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Amendment of s 27 (Strip searches) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8 Insertion of new s 27A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
27A Strip search requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 Amendment of s 112 (Authority to use reasonable force) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2001
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Corrective Services Act 2000
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Corrective Services Amendment Bill 2001
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
1 Short title
Clause 2
This Act may be cited as the Corrective Services Amendment Act 2001. 3
2 Act amended
Clause 4
This Act amends the Corrective Services Act 2000. 5
3 Amendment of s 14 (Directions to prisoners)
Clause 6
Section 14(1)(c)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(c) to ensure compliance with an order given or applying to the 9
prisoner; or 10
11
Example--
12
A corrective services officer could give a prisoner a direction the officer
13
reasonably believes to be necessary for searching the prisoner under an
14
order, given by a person in charge under section 26A (Strip searches
15
generally), that applies to the prisoner.'.
4 Amendment of s 25 (Power to search)
Clause 16
Section 25(2), `believes'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`suspects'. 19
5 Amendment of s 26 (Personal searches)
Clause 20
(1) Section 26(1)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`(1) The person in charge of a secure facility may give an order for the 23
personal searching of prisoners whenever they leave a part of the facility, 24
stated in the order, where prisoners have access to concealable prohibited 25
things. 26
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1
Example of part of a facility--
2
A kitchen or workshop.'.
(2) Section 26(2), `The'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`A'. 5
6 Insertion of new s 26A
Clause 6
After section 26-- 7
insert-- 8
`26A Strip searches generally 9
`(1) The chief executive is authorised to give directions, by instrument in 10
writing, to a person in charge of a corrective services facility requiring the 11
strip searching of prisoners as stated in the directions, including, for 12
example, at the times stated in the directions. 13
`(2) The person in charge must order prisoners to be strip searched as 14
required under the directions. 15
`(3) An order under subsection (2) does not apply to a prisoner if, 16
because of the prisoner's exceptional circumstances, the person in charge 17
considers it unnecessary for the prisoner to be strip searched. 18
19
Example of operation of subsection (3)--
20
An instrument under subsection (1) directs, as 1 of the times when prisoners must be
21
strip searched, the time when a prisoner enters a corrective services facility that is a
22
secure facility. A pregnant prisoner returns to a secure facility from an escorted
23
antenatal visit, and the officer who escorted the prisoner advises that the prisoner had
24
no likely opportunity to obtain a prohibited thing while on the visit. The person in
25
charge may direct that the prisoner not be strip searched.
`(4) The person in charge of a corrective services facility may give an 26
order for the strip searching of a prisoner if either or both of the following 27
apply-- 28
(a) the person in charge is satisfied that the strip searching is 29
necessary for the security or good order of the facility; 30
(b) the person in charge is satisfied that the strip searching is 31
necessary for the safe custody and welfare of prisoners at the 32
facility. 33
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1
Example--
2
A knife is missing from the kitchen of a secure facility. The person in charge may be
3
satisfied that the strip searching of each prisoner who worked in the kitchen that day is
4
necessary for the security or good order of the corrective services facility or for the safe
5
custody and welfare of prisoners at the facility.
`(5) A strip search may be preceded by another less intrusive search.'. 6
7 Amendment of s 27 (Strip searches)
Clause 7
(1) Section 27, heading-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`27 Strip searches on reasonable suspicion'. 10
(2) Section 27(2) to (4)-- 11
omit. 12
8 Insertion of new s 27A
Clause 13
After section 27-- 14
insert-- 15
`27A Strip search requirements 16
`(1) A strip search must be carried out-- 17
(a) only by a corrective services officer of the same gender as the 18
prisoner; and 19
(b) by at least 2 corrective services officers, but by no more officers 20
than are reasonably necessary to carry out the search. 21
`(2) A corrective services officer carrying out the search-- 22
(a) must ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, that the way in 23
which the prisoner is searched causes minimal embarrassment to 24
the prisoner; and 25
(b) must take reasonable care to protect the prisoner's dignity; and 26
(c) must carry out the search as quickly as reasonably practicable; 27
and 28
(d) must allow the prisoner to dress as soon as the search is finished. 29
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`(3) A regulation may prescribe other requirements and procedures for 1
ensuring the effective carrying out of strip searches.'. 2
9 Amendment of s 112 (Authority to use reasonable force)
Clause 3
Section 112(1)(a)-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`(a) compel compliance with an order given or applying to a prisoner; 6
or 7
8
Example--
9
A corrective services officer could use the force that is reasonably
10
necessary to compel the searching of a prisoner under an order, given by a
11
person in charge under section 26A (Strip searches generally), that applies
12
to the prisoner.'.
13
© State of Queensland 2001
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