South Australian Numbered Acts

CORRECTIONAL SERVICES (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2012 (NO 24 OF 2012) - SECT 21

21—Amendment of section 34—Prisoners' rights to have visitors

        (1)         Section 34(1)—delete "A prisoner" and substitute:

Subject to this section, a prisoner

        (2)         Section 34(2)—delete "A remand prisoner" and substitute:

Subject to this section, a remand prisoner

        (3)         Section 34(3)—delete "The manager of a correctional institution" and substitute:

The CE

        (4)         Section 34(3)(b)—delete "the manager" wherever occurring and substitute in each case:

the CE

        (5)         Section 34—after subsection (3) insert:

        (4)         The following restrictions apply to a visit to a prisoner (including a remand prisoner) under this section:

            (a)         a person may not visit a prisoner unless the person provides such evidence as the CE thinks appropriate as to the person's identity;

            (b)         a person who visits a prisoner may see and speak with the prisoner but is not permitted to touch the prisoner, unless the visit is part of a contact visiting program approved by the CE;

            (c)         a person who has been released from prison may not, without the approval of the CE, within a period of 12 months of the person's release from prison, visit a prisoner;

            (d)         a person under the age of 18 years may not, without the approval of the CE, visit a prisoner if any part of the imprisonment for which the prisoner was sentenced is in relation to a child sexual offence.