Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Corrections Act 1986 - SECT 37

Visits by relatives or friends

37. Visits by relatives or friends



(1) With the permission of the Governor, a prisoner's relatives or friends may
enter a prison and visit the prisoner.

(2) A relative or friend who visits a prisoner may see and speak with the
prisoner but is not permitted to touch the prisoner, unless the visit is part
of a contact visiting programme or residential visiting programme.

(3) The Governor may give to a visitor under this section such orders as are
necessary for the management and good order and security of the prison.

(4) A visitor who disobeys a Governor's order is guilty of an offence.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.