South Australian Numbered Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION ACT 2016 (NO 6 OF 2016) - SECT 29

29—Prohibited treatment of residents

Subject to this Act, a resident of a training centre must not be subjected to any of the following kinds of treatment:

            (a)         corporal punishment of any form (that is, any action that inflicts or is intended to inflict physical pain or discomfort);

            (b)         isolation or segregation (other than in a safe room or in prescribed circumstances) from other residents;

            (c)         psychological pressure or emotional abuse of any form intended to intimidate or humiliate;

            (d)         deprivation of medical attention, basic food or drink, clothing or any other essential item;

            (e)         deprivation of sleep;

            (f)         restriction of free movement by means of mechanical restraints (other than in prescribed circumstances);

            (g)         unjustified deprivation of contact with persons outside the centre;

            (h)         any other treatment that is cruel, inhuman or degrading.