Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Miscellaneous - Management of prisons

199G: Monitors to report on certain matters

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"Prison monitors check if prisons are fair and safe, and report on any problems they find."

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When a monitor is appointed to oversee a prison, they have to report on certain things. They review decisions made about prisoners, like when they can be released from prison. They also look at how prison staff follow the rules.

The monitor checks if prisoners are treated fairly and if the prison is run properly. They can investigate any problems they find and write a report about it. The monitor can look at things like how prisoners are disciplined or how they are released from prison temporarily.

You can find more information about the rules for prisons in the Parole Act 2002 and the Corrections Act 2004. The monitor has to report on things like prisoner work programmes and decisions made by prison staff. They also check if the prison staff are following the rules correctly.

The monitor can investigate problems on their own or if someone asks them to. They write a report about what they find out and give it to the person in charge. This helps make sure the prison is run fairly and safely.

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Part 2Corrections system
Miscellaneous: Management of prisons

199GMonitors to report on certain matters

  1. Without limiting section 199E(3), the monitor appointed in respect of a contract prison under section 199E(1)(a) must, for the purposes of the report under section 199E(3)(b), review the following matters:

  2. determinations made under Part 1 of the Parole Act 2002 of—
    1. the start date, expiry date, non-parole period, and release date of sentences; and
      1. the parole eligibility date and statutory release date of offenders:
      2. calculations made under Part 1 of the Parole Act 2002 of how much time an offender has served under a sentence of imprisonment, including records and determinations of how much time an offender has spent in pre-sentence detention:
        1. reports made by the manager of the prison for the purposes of section 43(1) of the Parole Act 2002:
          1. in respect of sections 57 to 61 of this Act,—
            1. compliance by officers of that prison with the requirements of those sections; and
              1. if any function, duty, or power of the chief executive under those sections has been delegated to any officer or officers of that prison, the performance of that function or duty, or the exercise of that power:
              2. work undertaken by prisoners at the direction of the prison manager under section 66:
                1. decisions made by the prison manager (whether or not under delegated authority) under—
                  1. sections 53 and 54 (which relate to the transfer of prisoners); and
                    1. sections 62 to 64 (which relate to the temporary release from custody of prisoners and the temporary removal of prisoners from prison):
                    2. decisions of officers of the prison to apply, under section 45 of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992, for an assessment of a prisoner:
                      1. the procedures in place to assess—
                        1. the suitability of persons for appointment or engagement under section 11(2) and (4) in the prison; and
                          1. the ongoing suitability of persons so appointed or engaged:
                          2. the matters in respect of which the monitor is entitled to receive a report under section 199D(1A), (2), and (3).
                            1. Without limiting section 199E(3), a monitor appointed in respect of a contract prison under section 199E(1)(a) may, at the request of the chief executive or on the monitor's own initiative, investigate any matter relating to that prison, or any prisoner in that prison, and report to the chief executive the results of that examination.

                            2. A monitor appointed in respect of a contract prison under section 199E(1)(b) may, at the request of the monitor appointed in respect of the prison under section 199E(1)(a), or at the request of the chief executive, investigate any matter relating to that prison, or any prisoner in that prison, and report to that person the results of that investigation.

                            3. A monitor appointed for a particular purpose under section 199E(2) may, at the request of the chief executive or on the monitor's own initiative, investigate any matter relating to any 1 or more prisons, or any prisoner in any prison, and report to the chief executive the results of that investigation.

                            Compare
                            • 1954 No 51 s 4I
                            Notes
                            • Section 199G: inserted, on , by section 5 of the Corrections (Contract Management of Prisons) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 59).
                            • Section 199G(1)(i): amended, on , by section 45 of the Corrections Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 5).