Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Complaints, investigations, and inspections

158: Interviews with inspectors of corrections

You could also call this:

"Talking to inspectors who visit your prison or office"

If an inspector visits a place where you are, like a prison or a probation office, to talk to people, you have the right to talk to the inspector too. You can have an interview with the inspector if that is why they are visiting. The inspector is there to listen to you.

If the inspector is visiting for a different reason, you can still ask to talk to them, and they might say yes. You can ask for an interview with the inspector, but they do not have to agree. The inspector gets to decide if they can talk to you.

If you do ask to talk to the inspector, you do not have to tell anyone why you wanted to talk to them. You can keep the reason private from the people in charge of you. This means you can talk to the inspector without having to explain why.

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157: Powers of entry and access by inspectors of corrections, or

"Inspectors of corrections can enter certain places to check on people and how they are being treated."

159: Recommendations and directions of inspectors of corrections, or

"Inspectors of corrections can give advice and orders to keep people safe"

Part 2Corrections system
Complaints, investigations, and inspections

158Interviews with inspectors of corrections

If an inspector visits a prison, community work centre, probation office, or any other place for the purpose of interviewing persons under control or supervision, all the persons under control or supervision at that place are entitled to an interview with that inspector.
If an inspector visits a prison, community work centre, probation office, or other place for a purpose other than to interview persons under control or supervision, a person under control or supervision at that place may ask for an interview with the inspector and that inspector may agree to the interview.
No person under control or supervision may be required to disclose to any person with responsibility for the control or supervision of that person the reason why the person asked for an interview with an inspector.