Children and Young People Act 2008
138Treatment of young detainees generally
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138 Treatment of young detainees generally Functions under the criminal matters chapters in relation to a young detainee must be exercised as follows: (a) to respect and protect the young detainee’s human rights; (b) to ensure the young detainee’s decent, humane and just treatment; (c) to preclude torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment;
(d) to ensure the young detainee is not subject to further punishment (in addition to deprivation of liberty) only because of the conditions of detention; (e) to ensure the young detainee’s conditions in detention comply with section 141 (Detention places—minimum living conditions); (f) to promote, as far as practicable, the young detainee’s reintegration into society; (g) for a young detainee who is a young offender—to promote, as far as practicable, the young detainee’s rehabilitation.