Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 (NO. 15 OF 2007 ) - SECT 156

    (1)     This section applies if a corrections officer believes, on reasonable grounds, that a detainee has committed a disciplinary breach.

    (2)     The corrections officer may do 1 or more of the following if the officer believes, on reasonable grounds, that it is appropriate in the circumstances:

        (a)     counsel the detainee;

        (b)     warn the detainee about committing a disciplinary breach;

        (c)     reprimand the detainee;

        (d)     subject to section 161 (Grounds for investigative segregation), direct that the detainee be segregated from other detainees for the purposes of this part;

        (e)     give an investigator a report about the alleged disciplinary breach.

    (3)     A report under subsection (2) (e) must be given to an investigator as soon as possible, and must set out the following:

        (a)     details of the alleged disciplinary breach;

        (b)     the officer's reasons for believing the detainee has committed the disciplinary breach;

        (c)     if subsection (2) (d) applies—

              (i)     details of the segregation directed; and

              (ii)     the officer's reasons for the direction; and

              (iii)     a recommendation about the detainee's segregation;

        (d)     anything else prescribed by regulation.