Administrative segregation under Part 9 of the Corrections Management Act 2007 (ACT) may be regarded as extra-curial punishment but will attract limited weight absent sufficient evidence of its punitive nature. A 25% discount for a guilty plea entered at the third mention in the Magistrates Court is within the range of appropriate discounts in the ACT. For offences committed in custody, general deterrence to demonstrate that violence between prisoners will not be tolerated is a significant sentencing consideration.
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