487Prohibited actions

487 Prohibited actions The following actions are prohibited in relation to a person detained in a remand centre, youth residential centre or youth justice centre or a child detained in a police gaol— (a) the use of isolation (within the meaning of section 488) as a punishment; (b) the use of physical force unless it is reasonable and— (i) is necessary to prevent the person or child from harming himself or herself or anyone else or from damaging property; or (ii) is necessary for the security of the centre or police gaol; or (iii) is otherwise authorised by or under this or any other Act or at common law; (c) the administering of corporal punishment, that is, any action which inflicts, or is intended to inflict, physical pain or discomfort on the person or child as a punishment; (d) the use of any form of psychological pressure intended to intimidate or humiliate the person or child; (e) the use of any form of physical or emotional abuse; (f) the adoption of any kind of discriminatory treatment. S. 487A inserted by No. 43/2017 s. 30.