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Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Statutory roles and responsibilities - Other persons with other powers and functions in relation to prisoners

12: Powers and functions of prison managers

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"What prison managers can and must do to run a prison"

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The prison manager is in charge of the prison they work at. You can think of the prison manager like the principal of a school, but instead of a school, they are in charge of a prison. The prison manager has to make sure the prison runs according to the rules set out in section 5 and section 6.

The prison manager has to keep prisoners safe and make sure they are well looked after. They also have to do the jobs given to them by section 33.

The prison manager has to find out which communities are affected by what happens at the prison, and give those communities a chance to say what they think about it, then they have to think about what those communities said. The prison manager can also do other jobs that are given to them by the law or by rules made under the law.

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Statutory roles and responsibilities: Other persons with other powers and functions in relation to prisoners

12Powers and functions of prison managers

  1. The prison manager has, in relation to the prison for which the manager is appointed or designated as manager, the following powers and functions:

  2. ensuring that the prison operates in accordance with the purposes set out in section 5 and the principles set out in section 6:
    1. ensuring the safe custody and welfare of prisoners received in the prison:
      1. carrying out the functions conferred on the manager by section 33:
        1. establishing and maintaining processes to—
          1. identify the communities significantly affected by policies and practices at the prison; and
            1. provide opportunities for those identified communities to give their views on those policies and practices; and
              1. ensure those views are taken into account:
              2. any other powers and functions conferred under this Act or regulations made under this Act.

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                • 1954 No 51 s 7