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Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Monitoring, collecting, using, and disclosing prisoner communications and information sources for intelligence purpose - Monitoring, collecting, and using information under this subpart

127I: Authorised intelligence person may monitor, collect, and use prisoner communications and information sources

You could also call this:

"Prison staff can check prisoners' messages and information to keep everyone safe."

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If you are a prisoner, an authorised intelligence person can monitor, collect, and use your communications and information sources. They can do this if it is reasonably necessary for an intelligence purpose and if you pose a serious risk of harm to the good order, safety, and security of prisons or to public safety. The authorised intelligence person is trying to keep everyone safe.

The authorised intelligence person cannot monitor, collect, and use all of your communications and information sources. Some communications and information sources are exempt, which means they are not allowed to be monitored. They also cannot monitor the making of recordings of your calls, which is explained in section 127J, or visits between you and a visitor, which is explained in section 127K.

If you want to know more about why an authorised intelligence person can monitor, collect, and use your communications and information sources, it is because of the Corrections Amendment Act 2024.

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Part 2Corrections system
Monitoring, collecting, using, and disclosing prisoner communications and information sources for intelligence purpose: Monitoring, collecting, and using information under this subpart

127IAuthorised intelligence person may monitor, collect, and use prisoner communications and information sources

  1. An authorised intelligence person may monitor, collect, and use prisoner communications and information sources if—

  2. it is reasonably necessary to do so for an intelligence purpose; and
    1. the monitoring, collection, and use of the prisoner communications and information sources are aimed at individuals who present a serious risk of harm to the good order, safety, and security of prisons or to public safety.

      1. Subsection (1) does not apply to the following:

      2. exempt prisoner communications and information sources:
        1. the making of recordings of prisoner calls (see section 127J):
          1. visits between a prisoner and a visitor (see section 127K).

            Notes
            • Section 127I: inserted, on , by section 36 of the Corrections Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 41).