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YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1997 - SECT 129 Rights of detainee

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1997 - SECT 129

Division 3 - Treatment of detainees, &c. Rights of detainee

(1)  A detainee is entitled –
(a) to have his or her developmental needs catered for; and
(b) subject to section 135 , to receive visits from guardians, relatives, legal practitioners and other persons, including, in the case of a detainee who is an Aboriginal person, persons acting on behalf of the entity known as the Aboriginal Legal Service; and
(c) to have reasonable efforts made to meet his or her medical, religious and cultural needs including, in the case of a detainee who is an Aboriginal person, his or her needs as a member of the Aboriginal community; and
(d) to complain to the Secretary or the Ombudsman about the standard of care, accommodation or treatment he or she is receiving in the detention centre.
(2)  The Secretary must ensure that the rights of a detainee under sections 127 and 128 and this section are not infringed.