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Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Establishment and operation of prisons - Work and earnings

66A: Self-employment

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"Working for yourself while in prison, with the prison manager's approval"

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If you are a prisoner, you can be self-employed while in prison, but you need the prison manager's approval. You can do this work inside or outside the prison where you are being held, unless you are only waiting for your trial or are being held under the Immigration Act 2009. The prison manager will only approve your self-employment if it is a type of work that the chief executive has agreed to and if you do it under the conditions they have set.

The type of work you can do is work that will give you experience or help you get better and fit back into the community when you leave prison. You must do this work according to any rules that have been set.

The prison manager has to make sure you follow these rules when you are self-employed in prison.

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Part 2Corrections system
Establishment and operation of prisons: Work and earnings

66ASelf-employment

  1. Every prisoner (other than a prisoner who is only awaiting trial or on remand or who is detained under the Immigration Act 2009) may, subject to the prison manager's approval, be self-employed while in custody and be employed in that work within the prison or outside the prison in which he or she is detained.

  2. The prison manager must not approve a prisoner to be self-employed under this section unless the work—

  3. is of a kind described in subsection (3) that is approved by the chief executive; and
    1. is done under the conditions approved by the chief executive.

      1. The work referred to in subsection (2) is work that is intended to provide the prisoner with work experience or to assist his or her rehabilitation or reintegration into the community.

      2. Any work in which a prisoner is employed under this section must be carried out in accordance with any prescribed requirements.

      Notes
      • Section 66A: inserted, on , by section 15 of the Corrections Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 5).