Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Statutory roles and responsibilities - General

29: Powers and functions of inspectors of corrections

You could also call this:

"What inspectors of corrections can do to ensure fairness in prisons and other places"

Inspectors of corrections have certain powers and functions. They can visit and inspect prisons, community work centres, and other places where people are being held or supervised. You can think of inspectors like people who check to make sure everything is running smoothly and fairly in these places.

Inspectors can also talk to people who are being held or supervised, and look into how they are being treated. They can investigate if someone is being treated unfairly or if there are problems with how a sentence is being managed.

Inspectors can ask questions and gather information, and they must report back to the chief executive about what they find. If an inspector is looking into something that involves a Police jail, they must also send a copy of their report to the Commissioner of Police. Inspectors get their powers and functions from subpart 6 of Part 2 and other laws.

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28: Inspectors of corrections, or

"Who are the inspectors that help make sure corrections are working properly?"

30: Establishment of community work centres, or

"The government can create community work centres by announcing it in a special newspaper."

Part 2Corrections system
Statutory roles and responsibilities: General

29Powers and functions of inspectors of corrections

Inspectors of corrections have the following powers and functions:
the powers and functions conferred by subpart 6 of Part 2:
visiting and inspecting any prison, community work centre, probation office, or other place (including a dwellinghouse) at which a person under control or supervision is or was detained or required to attend, work, or live, and, at his or her discretion, interviewing any person who is or was under control or supervision:
examining the treatment and conduct of persons who are or were under control or supervision:
inquiring into all abuses or alleged abuses relating to the management of the sentence of a person who is or was under control or supervision:
inquiring into any matter referred to him or her by the chief executive:
for the purposes of this section, taking evidence under oath, or otherwise:
reporting in writing to the chief executive on any of the matters outlined above, or any other matter relating to any prison, community work centre, probation office, or any other place (including a dwellinghouse) at which a person under control or supervision is required to attend, work, or live, as often as he or she sees fit, and whenever he or she is requested to do so by the chief executive:
any other powers and functions conferred under this Act or any other enactment.

Whenever an inspector of corrections reports to the chief executive under subsection (1)(g) about any matter concerning a Police jail or a prisoner detained in a Police jail, the inspector must forward a copy of his or her report to the Commissioner of Police.

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1954 No 51 s 5(2)