Seizing ordinary mail and things contained in it
48 Seizing ordinary mail and things contained in it
A corrective services officer may seize a prisoner’s ordinary mail, or anything in it, to stop—
anything that poses a risk to the security or good order of the corrective services facility entering or leaving the facility; or
anything that appears to be intended for the commission of an offence, or a breach of a court order, entering or leaving the facility; or
threatening or otherwise inappropriate correspondence leaving the facility; orExample of inappropriate correspondence—correspondence by a prisoner, who has been convicted of a sexual offence against a child, to a child with whom the prisoner had no relationship before being imprisoned
a prohibited thing entering or leaving the facility; or
the prisoner purchasing goods or services without the chief executive’s written approval.
Subsection (1) does not apply to a document to which legal professional privilege attaches.
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