52News and educational services

52 News and educational services (1) The director-general must ensure, as far as practicable, that detainees have reasonable access to— (a) newspapers, radio and television broadcasts and other mass media (including the internet) for news and information; and (b) a library or library service. (2) The director-general may, as part of a detainee’s case management plan, approve a detainee participating in academic, vocational or cultural education or training if satisfied it would benefit the detainee in any of the following ways: (a) by providing the detainee with suitable vocational skills; (b) by promoting the detainee’s rehabilitation or reintegration into society; (c) by contributing satisfactorily to the detainee’s personal development. (3) For chapter 10 (Discipline), participation in education or training approved under subsection (2) is taken to be an entitlement for the