South Australian Consolidated Acts

CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ACT 1982

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   4.      Interpretation
   5.      Victims Register

   PART 2--Correctional services

           Division 1--Administration

   7.      Power of Minister and Chief Executive Officer to delegate
   8.      Use of volunteers in the administration of this Act
   9.      Annual report of Chief Executive Officer

           Division 2--The Correctional Services Advisory Council

   10.     Continuation of the Advisory Council
   11.     Term of office of members
   12.     Allowances and expenses
   13.     Removal from and vacancies of office
   14.     Manner in which business of the Advisory Council must be conducted
   15.     Functions of the Advisory Council
   16.     Annual report

           Division 3--Visiting Tribunals

   17.     Establishment of Visiting Tribunals

           Division 4--Community service administration

   17A.    Establishment of community service centres
   17B.    The community service advisory committee
   17C.    Community service committees
   17D.    Insurance cover to be provided by Minister

           Division 5--Probation hostels

   17E.    Establishment of probation hostels

   PART 3--Correctional institutions

           Division 1--Establishment of correctional institutions

   18.     Governor may proclaim premises to be a prison or police prison
   19.     Correctional institutions to be under the control of the Minister

           Division 2--Inspection of correctional institutions

   20.     Correctional institutions must be inspected on regular basis

   PART 4--Imprisonment

           Division 1--Admission and assignment of prisoners

   21A.    Documentation to be presented upon admission of a prisoner to a correctional institution
   22.     Assignment of prisoners to particular correctional institutions

           Division 3--Assessment of prisoners

   23.     Initial and periodic assessment of prisoners

           Division 4--Custody of prisoners

   24.     Chief Executive Officer has custody of prisoners

           Division 5--Transfer and leave of absence of prisoners

   25.     Transfer of prisoners
   26.     Prisoner may be temporarily detained in any other prison etc while in transit
   27.     Leave of absence from prison
   27A.    Interstate leave of absence
   28.     Removal of prisoner for criminal investigation, attendance in court etc

           Division 6--Management of prisoners

   29.     Work by prisoners
   30.     Prison education
   31.     Prisoner allowances and other money
   32.     Purchase of items of personal use by prisoners
   33.     Prisoners' mail
   33A.    Prisoners' goods
   34.     Prisoners' rights to have visitors
   35.     Prisoners' rights to access to legal aid and legal services
   36.     Power to keep a prisoner apart from all other prisoners
   37.     Search of prisoners
   37AA.   Drug testing of prisoners

           Division 6A--Home detention

   37A.    Release on home detention
   37B.    Authorised officers
   37C.    Revocation of release
   37D.    Crown not liable to maintain prisoners on home detention

           Division 7--Release of prisoners from prison

   38.     Release of prisoner from prison or home detention
   39.     Time of release from prison
   39A.    Delivery of property and money to prisoner on release
   39B.    Manner in which former prisoner's personal property is to be dealt with
   39C.    Certain prohibited items not to be returned to prisoners

   PART 5--Offences

           Division 1--Powers of Visiting Tribunals

   41.     Powers of Visiting Tribunal
   42.     Immunity from liability of persons who constitute Visiting Tribunals

           Division 2--Breaches of regulations

   42A.    Minor breaches of prison regulations
   43.     Manager may deal with breaches of prison regulations
   44.     Manager may refer any matter to a Visiting Tribunal
   45.     Procedure at inquiries under this Division
   46.     Appeals against penalties imposed by managers
   47.     Appeals against orders of Visiting Tribunals
   48.     Summary Procedure Act does not apply to proceedings under this Division
   49.     Manager may delegate power to deal with breaches of prison regulations

           Division 4--Prisoners at large

   50.     Effect of prisoner being at large
   50A.    Prisoner must comply with conditions to which temporary leave of absence is subject
   51.     Offences by persons other than prisoners
   52.     Power of arrest

   PART 6--Parole

           Division 1--The Parole Board

   55.     Continuation of Parole Board
   56.     Term of office of members
   57.     Allowances and expenses
   58.     Removal from and vacancies of office
   59.     Deputies
   60.     Proceedings of the Board
   60A.    Validity of acts of the Board and immunity of its members
   61.     Judicial notice of Board documents
   62.     Appointment of secretary to the Board
   63.     Powers of the Board
   64.     Reports by Board

           Division 3--Release on parole

   66.     Automatic release on parole for certain prisoners
   67.     Release on parole by application to the Board
   68.     Conditions of release on parole
   69.     Duration of parole in relation to prisoners other than life prisoners
   70.     Duration of parole for life prisoners
   71.     Variation or revocation of parole conditions
   72.     Discharge from parole of prisoners other than life prisoners
   73.     Automatic cancellation of parole for breach of designated conditions
   74.     Cancellation of release on parole by Board for breach of conditions other than designated conditions
   74AA.   Board may impose community service for breach of non-designated conditions
   74A.    Suspension of parole while serving imprisonment for offence committed before release on parole
   75.     Automatic cancellation of parole upon imprisonment for offence committed while on parole
   76.     Apprehension etc of parolees
   77.     Proceedings before the Board

   PART 8--Miscellaneous

   82.     Unauthorised contracts with prisoners prohibited
   83.     Managers may make rules
   84.     Managers to comply with the execution of process
   85.     Execution of warrants
   85A.    Exclusion of persons from correctional institution
   85B.    Power of search and arrest of non-prisoners
   85C.    Confidentiality
   85D.    Release of information to registered victims etc
   86.     Prison officers may use reasonable force in certain cases
   86A.    Immunity from liability
   87.     Certain persons may enter and inspect correctional institutions
   88.     Minister may acquire land
   88A.    Summary offences
   88B.    Evidentiary provision
   89.     Regulations
           SCHEDULE 1--Application of Truth in Sentencing Act amendments
           Legislative history