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CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 37

Visits by relatives or friends

    (1)     With the permission of the Governor, a prisoner's relatives or friends may enter a prison and visit the prisoner.

    (2)     A relative or friend 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 programme or residential visiting programme.

    (3)     The Governor may give to a visitor under this section such orders as are necessary for the management and good order and security of the prison.

    (4)     A visitor who disobeys a Governor's order is guilty of an offence.

Penalty:     5 penalty units.



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