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Corrections Management Act 2007
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78 Case management plans—scope etc
(1) The director-general—
(a) must maintain an individual management plan for each detainee,
other than a remandee; and
(b) may maintain an individual management plan for a detainee who
is a remandee.
(2) A case management plan for a detainee must—
(a) outline work and activities for the detainee; and
(b) be based on an assessment of the needs, capacities and
disposition of the detainee; and
(c) be consistent with the resources available to the director-general
to manage the detainee; and
(d) if the detainee is an offender—outline how the detainee is to be
prepared for lawful release and reintegration into society at the
earliest possible time.
(3) A case management plan may deal with any matter relating to a
detainee, including the following:
(a) provision for the safe, secure and humane treatment of the
detainee;
(b) for a detainee at risk of self-harm—an outline of the risk and
strategies for managing the risk;
(c) the welfare of the detainee, including the detainee’s
participation in work or activities, and other constructive use of
time in detention;
(d) details of any academic, vocational or cultural education or
training for the detainee approved under section 52 (News and
educational services);
(e) the detainee’s health condition and risks, and any associated
treatment regime;
(f) for a detainee with a physical, mental or educational disability—
strategies for extra assistance to minimise any disadvantage
suffered by the detainee because of the disability, particularly in
relation to suitability for work and release from detention;
(g) for a detainee serving a sentence of imprisonment by full-time
detention—requirements for the detainee to be—
(i) told the detainee’s release date under the sentence; and
(ii) given necessary assistance in applying for parole;
(h) anything else prescribed by regulation or directed by the