Commissioner may direct prisoner to work
54 Commissioner may direct prisoner to work
The Commissioner may direct:
(a) a sentenced prisoner to carry out work at the custodial correctional facility or elsewhere; or
(b) a prisoner who is a detainee under the Serious Sex Offenders Act 2013 to carry out work at the custodial correctional facility.
(2) The Commissioner may give any other prisoner the opportunity to work at the custodial correctional facility or elsewhere.
(3) If a prisoner is working at a place outside a custodial correctional facility, this Act continues to apply in relation to the prisoner as if the prisoner were at a custodial correctional facility.
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