Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Establishment and operation of prisons - Prisoners at risk of self-harm

61F: Revocation of confirmed at-risk assessment

You could also call this:

"Stopping a prisoner's at-risk status when they are no longer in danger of self-harm"

If you are a prisoner who has been assessed as being at risk of self-harm, the prison manager must stop this assessment if they think you are no longer at risk. The prison manager will get advice from the health centre manager before making this decision. The prison manager's decision will also mean that the special plan to keep you safe will end. When the prison manager stops your at-risk assessment, it is because they believe you are no longer in danger of harming yourself, and they will follow the rules set out in the Corrections Act 2004, which was amended by the Corrections Amendment Act 2019, available at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=LMS23141.

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61E: Content of at-risk management plan, or

"What's in a plan to keep a prisoner safe from harming themselves?"

61G: Health centre manager must consult registered health professional if advice outside scope of practice, or

"Health centre managers must ask an expert for advice if it's outside their knowledge."

Part 2Corrections system
Establishment and operation of prisons: Prisoners at risk of self-harm

61FRevocation of confirmed at-risk assessment

The prison manager must revoke the confirmed at-risk assessment of an at-risk prisoner if the prison manager is satisfied, after obtaining the advice of the health centre manager, that the prisoner is no longer at risk of self-harm.
On the revocation of a prisoner’s at-risk assessment by the prison manager, the at-risk management plan for that prisoner ends.

Notes

Section 61F: inserted, on 28 April 2020, by section 12 of the Corrections Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 57).