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Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Coercive powers - Telephone calls may be monitored

113: Prisoner calls that may be monitored

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"Prisoners' phone calls can be listened to by officials, but there are rules about this."

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A prisoner's phone calls can be monitored. You need to know that the rules about monitoring calls are in the Corrections Act 2004. The law about monitoring prisoner calls has been repealed, which means it is no longer in force, as of 1 October 2024, by section 35 of the Corrections Amendment Act 2024.

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Part 2Corrections system
Coercive powers: Telephone calls may be monitored

113Prisoner calls that may be monitored (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 113: repealed, on , by section 35 of the Corrections Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 41).