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Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Miscellaneous - Escort services and courtroom custodial services

171: Reporting responsibilities

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"Telling the boss about important security things"

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If you are a security contractor, you must tell the chief executive and the security monitor if there are any changes in who controls your company. You must do this as soon as possible. You can find out more about the security monitor in section 172(1).

You must give the chief executive and the security monitor written reports about certain things. These things include the training you give to security officers, complaints people make about your security officers, and any incidents involving violence or self-inflicted injuries. You must also report on whether your security officers are following the rules in sections 83, 84, 85, 87, and 88.

You must send these reports at regular intervals, which the chief executive will decide. The reports must not be more than three months apart. You must also report on any other matters the chief executive thinks are necessary to know.

If something serious happens, like a prisoner escaping or dying, you must send a written report to the chief executive and the security monitor as soon as possible. You can find out more about the security monitor in section 172(1). This does not replace any other reporting duties you may have.

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Part 2Corrections system
Miscellaneous: Escort services and courtroom custodial services

171Reporting responsibilities

  1. If there is any variation of the controlling interests in a security contractor, that security contractor must promptly give notice of that variation to the chief executive and to the security monitor appointed in respect of that security contractor under section 172(1).

  2. A security contractor must, at those intervals (not exceeding 3 months) that are determined by the chief executive, arrange for written reports on the following matters to be forwarded to the chief executive and to the security monitor appointed in respect of that security contractor under section 172(1):

  3. the training provided to security officers employed by the security contractor (including the amount and quality of that training), and the level of training achieved by those security officers:
    1. the number and nature of complaints made by persons in relation to the carrying out, by security officers employed by that security contractor, of escort duties or courtroom custodial duties in respect of those persons, and how those complaints were resolved:
      1. the number and nature of any incidents involving—
        1. violence by or against prisoners while in the custody of security officers employed by that security contractor:
          1. violence against security officers employed by that security contractor while carrying out escort duties or courtroom custodial duties:
            1. self-inflicted injuries to prisoners while in the custody of security officers employed by that security contractor:
            2. the compliance, by security officers employed by that security contractor, with the requirements of sections 83, 84, 85, 87, and 88:
              1. the exercise, by security officers employed by that security contractor, of the powers conferred by sections 98 and 101 in order to perform the functions of security officers:
                1. the number and nature of any disciplinary actions taken against security officers employed by that security contractor, and the reasons for, and the outcomes of, those actions, including any penalties imposed:
                  1. any other matters in respect of which the chief executive reasonably considers that information is necessary to enable the chief executive to carry out his or her responsibilities under this Act or under any other enactment.

                    1. A security contractor must arrange for a written report on an occurrence of any of the following to be prepared and forwarded to the chief executive and to the security monitor appointed in respect of that security contractor under section 172(1) promptly after it occurs:

                    2. any escape or attempted escape by any prisoner while that prisoner was in the custody of any security officer employed by that security contractor:
                      1. the death of any prisoner while in the custody of any security officer employed by that security contractor.

                        1. Nothing in subsections (1) to (3) limits any other duty to report that is imposed by or under any security contract or by or under any other provision of this Act or any other enactment.

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                        • 1954 No 51 s 36ZC