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Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Detention and supervision of persons posing very high risk of imminent serious sexual or violent offending - Prison detention orders

86: Rights and obligations of person subject to prison detention order

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"What happens to you and what you can expect if you're in prison waiting for a trial under a detention order"

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If you are subject to a prison detention order, you will be treated like someone who is in prison waiting for their trial. You have the same rights and obligations as that person. You also have the rights given to residents by the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act, as long as they do not conflict with the rules in the Corrections Act 2004 that apply to prisoners.

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Part 1Detention and supervision of persons posing very high risk of imminent serious sexual or violent offending
Prison detention orders

86Rights and obligations of person subject to prison detention order

  1. A person who is subject to a prison detention order, during the currency of that order,—

  2. must be treated in the same way as a prisoner who is committed to prison solely because he or she is awaiting trial; and
    1. has the rights and obligations of such a prisoner; and
      1. has all the rights conferred on residents by this Act, to the extent that those rights are compatible with the provisions of the Corrections Act 2004 that apply to prisoners described in paragraph (a).