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Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Establishment and operation of prisons - Diet

72: Diet

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"Prisoners must get healthy food and drink that meets their needs"

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When you are a prisoner, you must be given enough healthy food and drink. The food and drink you get is based on guidelines from the Ministry of Health, and you can have drinking water whenever you need it. You can also get food and drink that suits your religious, spiritual, and cultural needs, as long as it is possible.

If you have special health needs, a medical officer or health centre manager can say what food you should eat. They can prescribe a particular diet just for you. This means you get the food that is best for your health.

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Part 2Corrections system
Establishment and operation of prisons: Diet

72Diet

  1. Every prisoner must be provided with a sufficient quantity of wholesome food and drink based on the food and nutritional guidelines for the time being issued by the Ministry of Health, and drinking water must be made available to every prisoner whenever he or she needs it.

  2. As far as practicable in the circumstances, in providing food and drink to prisoners, allowance must be made for the various religious, spiritual, and cultural needs of the prisoners.

  3. A medical officer or health centre manager may prescribe a particular diet for a particular prisoner.

Compare
  • SR 2000/81 r 56
Notes
  • Section 72(1): amended, on , by section 19(1) of the Corrections Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 5).
  • Section 72(3): amended, on , by section 19(2) of the Corrections Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 5).