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Crimes Act 1961

Punishments - Imprisonment

17: No sentence of solitary confinement to be passed

You could also call this:

"You can't be locked away alone as punishment if you break the law."

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If you break the law, you will not be sentenced to solitary confinement. This means you will not be locked away alone as a punishment. When other laws talk about solitary confinement, they now mean imprisonment, which is being in prison with other people. You should know that this law does not change the rules in the Corrections Act 2004 about what happens if you misbehave while in prison. This law is in place to ensure that you are treated fairly if you are in prison.

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Part 2Punishments
Imprisonment

17No sentence of solitary confinement to be passed

  1. No offender shall be sentenced to solitary confinement.

  2. Every reference in any enactment to solitary confinement, or to imprisonment in solitary confinement, shall hereafter be construed as a reference to imprisonment.

  3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or affect any of the provisions of the Corrections Act 2004, or of any regulations thereunder, in respect of offences against discipline.

Compare
  • 1908 No 32 s 24(2)
Notes
  • Section 17(3): amended, on , by section 206 of the Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50).