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Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Establishment and operation of prisons - Telephone calls

78: Information and education needs of prisoners

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"What prisoners are entitled to learn and know while in prison"

You are entitled to some things while in prison. You can get reasonable access to news. You can also get access to library services as long as it is practicable.

You can get access to further education that will help you rehabilitate, reduce your reoffending, or reintegrate into the community. The prison manager decides what education will help you with these things. You can get education to help you with these goals.

The government does not have to give you education for free unless you are entitled to it under the Education and Training Act 2020 or another law. The government also has to give you education for free if you have poor literacy skills and the education is designed to improve those skills. This means you can get help to improve your reading and writing if you need it.

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Part 2Corrections system
Establishment and operation of prisons: Telephone calls

78Information and education needs of prisoners

  1. A prisoner is entitled—

  2. to reasonable access to news:
    1. so far as is practicable, to access to library services:
      1. to access to further education that, in the opinion of the prison manager, will assist in—
        1. his or her rehabilitation; or
          1. a reduction in his or her reoffending; or
            1. his or her reintegration into the community.

            2. The Crown is not required to provide a prisoner with any of the education referred to in subsection (1)(c) free of charge unless—

            3. there is an entitlement to receive that education free of charge (whether under the Education and Training Act 2020 or under another enactment); or
              1. the education is—
                1. provided to a prisoner with poor literacy skills; and
                  1. designed to improve those skills.

                  Notes
                  • Section 78(2)(a): amended, on , by section 668 of the Education and Training Act 2020 (2020 No 38).