Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Corrections Act 1986 - SECT 38

Contact visiting and residential visiting

38. Contact visiting and residential visiting



(1) The Secretary may in accordance with the regulations by instrument approve
contact visiting programmes under which a prisoner's family and friends may
visit and have physical contact with the prisoner.





(2) The Secretary may in accordance with the regulations by instrument approve
residential visiting programmes under which a prisoner's family may stay with
the prisoner in the prison.

(3) The Governor of a prison must in accordance with the regulations bring to
the attention of all prisoners eligible to take part in a contact visiting
programme or a residential visiting programme the privileges offered by the
programme.

(4) In this section family of a prisoner includes-

   (a)  a near relative of the prisoner; and

   (b)  any other person who has a long standing close personal relationship
        with the prisoner.