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CORRECTIONS AMENDMENT BILL 2013
This Bill contains provisions that:
clarify and limit the use of force in relation to prisoners and
detainees;
clarify and limit the use of restraints in relation to prisoners
and detainees;
Remove the provision that allows people on remand in prison
to retain their own clothing whilst detained, but allow them
access to it when appearing in court:
allow detainees to be paid for work for which they volunteer;
ensure any costs associated with property deliberately lost by
prisoners or detainees are not borne by the Tasmania Prison
Service;
Change the time limits associated with prisoner leave permits;
Ensure any costs associated with inmates undertaking paid
employment in the community are not borne by the Tasmania
Prison Service (for instance, taxi or other fares between the
prison and the employment location).
Include references to state service employees employed by the
prison in a number of sections of the Act which presently
reference only corrections officers.
Make a series of amendments to the official visitor's provisions
to make the scheme more flexible and aligned more closely
with the scheme that which exists for official visitors to mental
health facilities.
allow the Director of Corrective Services to temporarily
appoint both correctional officers and probation officers from
interstate as corrections officers and probation officers for
the purpose of the Corrections Act 1997.