South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts23—Initial and periodic assessment of prisoners
(1)
The Chief Executive Officer must, as soon as practicable after the initial
admission to a prison of a person who has been sentenced to a term of
imprisonment exceeding six months, to life imprisonment or to a sentence of
indeterminate duration, and thereafter at regular intervals of not more than
one year, assess the prisoner and his or her circumstances and determine
whether or not the prisoner should be transferred to some other prison.
(2) The Minister may
establish a committee for the purpose of assisting the Chief Executive Officer
in carrying out assessments under this section.
(3) In carrying out an
assessment under this section, the Chief Executive Officer must have regard
to—
(a) the
age, sex and social, medical, psychological and vocational background and
history of the prisoner; and
(b) the
needs of the prisoner in respect of education or training or medical or
psychiatric treatment; and
(c) the
aptitude or suitability of the prisoner for any particular form of training or
work; and
(d) the
nature of the offence, or offences, in respect of which the prisoner is
imprisoned and the length of sentence; and
(e) the
information contained in any file held by a court in respect of the prisoner;
and
(f) the
behaviour of the prisoner while in prison; and
(g) the
security of, and availability of accommodation in, any prison under
consideration; and
(h) the
question of maintaining the prisoner's family ties; and
(i)
where relevant, any proposed plans in respect of the
release of the prisoner and his or her social rehabilitation; and
(j) such
other matters as the Chief Executive Officer thinks relevant.
(4)
The Chief Executive Officer must notify the prisoner before commencing an
assessment, and must, if the prisoner so requests, grant the prisoner an
opportunity to make representations in person to the Chief Executive Officer
or to a committee established pursuant to subsection (2).
(5) The prisoner may
make written representations in respect of his or her assessment to
the Chief Executive Officer or to a committee established pursuant to
subsection (2).
(6) After the first
assessment of a prisoner has been completed, the Chief Executive Officer must
prepare a programme in relation to the prisoner that contains particulars of
any proposals for the education or training or medical or psychiatric
treatment of the prisoner, and may, after any subsequent assessment, add to or
vary that programme.