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Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Miscellaneous - Disclosure of prisoner information

180B: Information that may be requested and disclosed

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"What information you can ask for about a prisoner"

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When you want to know about a prisoner, you can ask for certain information. The information you can ask for includes enough details to identify the prisoner, such as their name and date of birth, which is part of what is referred to in section 180A(1). You can also ask for the name of the prison where the prisoner is being held.

You can ask for the name of the prison where the prisoner is or was being held during a certain time. You can also ask for details about each time the prisoner was held in the prison during that time. This information is about prisoners who are being held in a prison during a specific period.

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Part 2Corrections system
Miscellaneous: Disclosure of prisoner information

180BInformation that may be requested and disclosed

  1. The information referred to in section 180A(1) is, for each prisoner detained in a prison during the period specified in the request,—

  2. a sufficient amount of biographical information to identify the prisoner; and
    1. the name of the prison in which the prisoner is or was detained during that period; and
      1. details of each period of detention of the prisoner in the prison during the period specified in the request.

        Compare
        • 1954 No 51 s 36F
        Notes
        • Section 180B: inserted, on , by section 5 of the Corrections (Social Assistance) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 24).