Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A letter addressed
to a prisoner and written by a person referred to in section 67(1) shall
be delivered to the prisoner as soon as practicable after it is received at a
prison without being opened or read, but if the superintendent has reason to
believe that a letter apparently written by such a person did not in fact so
originate he may open that letter and inspect it to the extent necessary to
establish its origin.
(2) If a
superintendent opens and inspects a letter under subsection (1), he shall
forthwith notify the chief executive officer in writing of his reason for so
acting and the result of his inspection.
(3) The superintendent
or an officer authorised by the superintendent may open and read any letter
addressed to a prisoner and received at the prison, other than a letter of the
kind referred to in subsection (1), and may open and inspect any parcel
addressed to a prisoner and received at the prison.
(4) Where it appears
to the superintendent that the contents of a letter or parcel of the kind
referred to in subsection (3) or any part of the contents of such a
letter or parcel —
(a) may
jeopardise the good order or the security of a prison;
(b)
contains a threat to a person or property; or
(c)
constitute or are expressed in a code,
the superintendent
may —
(d)
decline to accept delivery on behalf of the prisoner;
(e)
return the letter or parcel to the sender; or
(f)
otherwise deal with the letter or parcel by order of the chief executive
officer.
(5) Subject to this
section, a letter or parcel addressed to a prisoner and received at the prison
shall be delivered to that prisoner.
[Section 68 amended by No. 47 of 1987
s. 11; No. 113 of 1987 s. 32.]