South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A prisoner is not
entitled to receive any goods from a person outside the prison unless the
prisoner has the permission of the Chief Executive Officer to do so.
(2) A prisoner is not
entitled to send, supply or give any goods to a person (whether inside or
outside of the prison) unless the prisoner has the permission of
the Chief Executive Officer to do so.
(3)
The Chief Executive Officer may cause all goods, and all parcels apparently
containing goods, sent or given to a prisoner, or sent, supplied or given by a
prisoner, to be examined.
(4) If goods sent or
given to a prisoner consist of items prohibited by the regulations or are
goods in respect of which permission is not given, the Chief Executive Officer
has an absolute discretion to deal with or dispose of the goods as he or she
thinks fit (for example, by returning them to the sender or donor, selling,
destroying or storing them, handing them over to a member of the prisoner's
family).
(5) If goods sent,
supplied or given by a prisoner consist of items prohibited by the regulations
or are goods in respect of which permission is not given,
the Chief Executive Officer has an absolute discretion to deal with or dispose
of the goods as he or she thinks fit (for example, by returning them to the
prisoner, selling, destroying or storing them).
(6) Goods that consist
of items prohibited by the regulations, or that a person is prohibited by some
other Act or law from possessing, must be destroyed unless they are to be kept
as evidence.
(7) The Minister may
fix charges for the storage of goods on behalf of prisoners.
(8) Any costs incurred
in dealing with or disposing of goods (including storage charges) may be
deducted by the Chief Executive Officer from any account (other than a
resettlement account) held on behalf of the prisoner under this Act.
(9) If a prisoner
fails, on being discharged from prison, to take any goods that have been
stored in the prison on his or her behalf, the Chief Executive Officer may
deal with or dispose of the goods as he or she thinks fit.
(10) Any proceeds from
the sale of goods under this section will (after deduction of the costs of
storage and sale) be credited to the prisoner's account or, if the prisoner
has been discharged and his or her whereabouts are known, refunded to the
prisoner.
(11) Money not
refunded under subsection (10) will be dealt with in accordance with the
Unclaimed Moneys Act 1891 .